Media

  • A day in the life of Mountain Heart

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    The Mountain Heart boys pulled together a video from their very busy day last Saturday. They woke up in Louisville, KY after a local show, did a live radio set, an in-store appearance in support of Record Store Day, and

  • Random thoughts on a new bluegrass season

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    Our roving correspondent David Morris shares a few loosely-related thoughts as we move forward into the 2011 festival season. THE GIBSONS SOAR. Could this be the year of the Gibson Brothers? A year after Ring the Bell won song of the

  • The Roys – Coal Minin Man

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    A video for the debut single from The Roys new album has been released online. It's for the song, Coal Minin' Man, the opening track of their Lonesome Whistle album on Rural Rhythm. Lee and Elaine Roy headed for Kentucky's coal

  • Music to do your taxes by

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    For all our US friends busily completing their tax returns before tonight's 12:00 a.m. deadline, here's a brief clip of Nickel Creek doing their cover of George Harrison's rant against the 1960's British tax system. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H7SqXkdKyU

  • Free Sarah Jarosz track online

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    Fresh off her second appearance on A Prairie Home Companion over the weekend, Sarah Jarosz is offering a free track download from her upcoming Sugar Hill project online. The song is Annabelle Lee, a wonderful reworking of an Edgar Allan Poe

  • Spann’s Guide To Gibson 1902-1941

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    Next month will see the publication of a new book sure to be of interest to those interested in vintage Gibson instruments: Spann's Guide To Gibson 1902-1941. The 296 page book is a guide to Gibson guitars, mandolins, and banjos manufactured

  • Bluegrass Nation coming soon from IBMA

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    I spoke last week with Craig Havighurst, noted Nashville writer and PBS radio journalist, about plans the IBMA is hatching to enhance its online presence and outreach efforts. Craig is also a member of the IBMA Board of Directors, and

  • Grasstowne on WNCW

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    Grasstowne is scheduled for a visit with Dennis Jones tomorrow (4/16) on Goin’ Across The Mountain, airing Saturday on WNCW from Spindale, NC. The band has a show tomorrow night in nearby Black Mountain, so Alan Bibey and Steve Gulley have

  • Grasstowne riding the rails

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    Grasstowne has put together a tongue-in-cheek video to promote their new Rural Rhythm CD, Kickin' Up Dust. It finds the guys in "fat cat" mode, waxing eloquent about the joys of rail travel from a converted passenger car at the Flagler