Within our bluegrass community, the first topic to come up in conversation amongst ourselves - after inquiring about everyone's health - is how much work has been lost since the coronavirus shutdown. With all venues down to the neighborhood bar closed
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Never Ending Song Of Love from Hugh Moore & Friends
If you spend any time online, you will have seen some of these social distancing music videos where performers record a video together from various locations around the country, or around the world. They have popped up in every imaginable
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Rebel Records delivers 10 deep catalog recordings to global radio
Charlottesville, VA based Rebel Records has linked up with AirPlay Direct, the premiere digital delivery/distribution provider of bluegrass music for worldwide radio. Their agreement will see several back-catalog titles released during the next year. Initially, ten ‘deep catalogue’ recordings have been
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John Murrell video from Track 145
Track 145 has released another music video from their debut album, Will I Ever Know. It's for a song called John Murrell, jointly co-written by the band, about the notorious 19th century outlaw, told from the perspective of the man
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Virtual tours offered from Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame
The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY, the official repository of the history of our music, is among the many venues and destinations forced to close during the COVID19 shutdown. With potential visitors forced to stay
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Leaving On Her Mind video from Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Billy Blue Records has released a new single, with a lyric music video, from their current album for Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Live In Prague. This one features the newest member of Quicksilver, Jerry Cole, who many bluegrass fans will remember
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Folk Alliance to host seminar on successful livestreaming
With so many bluegrass and acoustic artists looking to livestream concerts as a way to stay in touch with fans during the shutdown, they may be very interested in a seminar scheduled for next week from Folk Alliance. Billed as Tips
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Introducing the Western Canada Bluegrass Association
While at Wintergrass we attended the obligatory hospitality suites from bluegrass organizations such as Oregon, Washington, and Montana. We also visited a suite hosted by the new nonprofit organization, Western Canada Bluegrass Association (WCBA). The suites, of course, are known
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Henhouse Rumble video from The Earl Brothers
Robert Earl Davis, banjo picker and head honcho with bluegrass arch-traditionalists The Earl Brothers, just shared their latest video. It's for a new tune of Davis' called Henhouse Rumble, another banjo tune for the barnyard tune collection. Bobby plays banjo and
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Station Inn documentary film airing online
True Life Bluegrass, a documentary about Nashville's iconic Station Inn, is set to air on Saturday evening online. The 2004 film by Pat Isbey runs to 75 minutes, giving the history of the storied live music venue which has been the