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Jan de Mooy has sent us another fine collection of photos he took during the recent European World of Bluegrass in Voorthuizen, Netherlands. He had sent along a nice gallery from EWOB which we published after the festivals in 2009

Vermont banjo picker Gordon Stone has a well-earned reputation for melding the 3 finger banjo style with other idioms, among them jazz and African folk music. He has toured and recorded widely, but has not yet attained the sort of

Talang 2010 is the 2010 version of Sweden's Got Talent. Swedish bluegrass group Cold Mountain Band made it as far as the semi-finals before the show's judges passed over them. But it's not over yet. Only two groups were selected

We've written several times of late about Some Strange Country, the fine new CD from Crooked Still. There were a couple of videos, and a lengthy interview with banjoist Greg Liszt published here earlier this month. The band also appeared recently

Blooming Twig Books has published Blind But Now I See, the first comprehensive biography of seminal flatpicking pioneer Doc Watson, written by Kent Gustafson. The book follows this acoustic music sensation from his time growing up blind in the rural south

The first round ballots have been mailed to voting members of the International Bluegrass Music Association, and judging from the email we have been receiving, each and every artist currently recording and performing bluegrass music would appreciate your vote. Now I

Here's the latest episode in The Farewell Drifters' video track-by-track series, created to introduce the music from their upcoming CD, Yellow Tag Mondays. Last week I accused them of a Beatlesque flair in their original song, Sunnyside Drive, and looky here...

If you checked in with your local news last night or this morning, you may have seen information about Blue Star Museums, a joint initiative of Blue Star Families and the National Endowment for the Arts to offer free admission

Mandolin Cafe has a new interview up with Doyle Lawson, which is unique in two particular ways. First off, the questions came from members and readers of the site who, secondly, are mandolinists themselves, giving the interview a tone of musical

The Grascals were among the guests on Mountain Stage earlier this month, and the audio can be streamed online from the NPR web site. The 34 minute segment includes a number of songs from their latest CD, The Famous Lefty