The banjo has always had a unique relationship to television. It has showed up in some likely and unlikely places. We enjoyed the appearance of the banjo on The Office last year. Now it's made another showing in a new
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Cumberland River Band does Justified
Cumberland River Band will be celebrating a major milestone next month, when their music is featured on the FX television series Justified. The show is something of a modern day Western, set in rural Kentucky, and starring Timothy Olyphant as
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The Grascals are cooking with their new CD
The Grascals' new CD isn't about food, it's about Country Classics With A Bluegrass Spin. Nonetheless, The Grascals seem to be finding themselves around food a lot. The CD itself is released on the Grascal's new label BluGrascal Records, in association
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Extreme Makeover: Bluegrass Edition
Gary Brewer has been playing bluegrass his entire life. His family is steeped in the genre going back generations. The current line up of his band includes three generations of Brewer men (Gary, his dad, and his two sons). When the
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Alan Bibey checks in
We had a chance yesterday to catch up with Alan Bibey, one half of the brain trust (with Steve Gulley) behind Grasstowne. Al tells us that the first airing of the band's appearance on Reno's Old Time Music Festival is set
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Bluegrass Museum on World Progress Report
The International Bluegrass Music Museum is getting some new press. World Progress Report with Joan Lunden, recently filmed a piece about the museum. The video is very well done and presents bluegrass music in general, the IBMM in particular, in
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Catching up with Sarah Jarosz
We had the chance last week to catch up with Sarah Jarosz, just a few days after her debut appearance on Austin City Limits. For this Texas teen and celebrated Sugar Hill artist, being a featured performer on one of America's
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Austin City Limits video: Martin, Rangers, Jarosz
Video from Saturday's Austin City Limits, featuring Steve Martin with Steep Canyon Rangers and Sarah Jarosz, is now available on the show's web site. Or, you can settle in and watch it here. Great show!
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Steve, Noam and the Punchers on Letterman
Video of Steve Martin and Punch Brothers on The Late Show hasn't showed up yet on the CBS site, but as you might have guessed, it has made an appearance on YouTube. Punch Brothers had long been booked for late last
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Monroeville on TV Sunday
Monroeville is featured in Sunday morning's edition of The Today Show, which airs on NBC affiliates across the US. NBC sent correspondent Jenna Wolfe to shoot a piece on the Ole Smoky Distillery in Gatlinburg, TN back in September. This outfit