Each semester, students in the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University are required to engage in ensemble performances as part of their course work. Players and singers are grouped according to their level
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Pat Morris named new IBMA Executive Director
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced Pat Morris as the organization's next Executive Director. He will step in for current director Paul Schiminger, who has announced his retirement effective at the end of May. Morris is expected to take
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Returning from John Mailander’s Forecast
And now for something completely different... Fiddler John Mailander has been on our radar since 2012, when he was an undergrad student at the Berklee College of Music. Two years later, we found his debut album, Walking Distance, to be a
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Bluegrass with horns? Chopped Liver says yes!
By now we have, most of us, heard bluegrass bands paired with symphony orchestras or smaller classical ensembles. What we don't encounter much are bluegrass groups accompanied by a horn section. And why not? That's what Ontario's Chopped Liver is asking,
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Time (Still On Your Side) video from Nu-Blu
Nu-Blu, the husband-and-wife bluegrass partnership of Daniel and Carolyn Routh, has released a third single and video from their upcoming album with Turnberry Records, Where You've Been. This time it's Time (Still On Your Side), written by Bobby Terry and Kevin
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Cold Sheets of Rain – bluegrass update from Sweden
We've had many occasions of late to comment on the maturity of the European bluegrass scene, and it's having grown artistically to a point where the music rivals that of what we hear in the States. Our friends oversees may
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Little Sadie from Haug & Nogaret Doc Watson tribute project
Mathis Haug and Benoit Nogaret are a pair of French guitarists with a special passion for American roots music. The two met along the French Mediterranean two decades ago, and discovered that they shared a love of Appalachian folk, old
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House of the Lord video from Caleb Bailey
Virginia singer and songwriter Caleb Bailey has released a music video for one of the songs on his current album, Poplar & Pine. It's one he wrote and sings, an old time Gospel style waltz called The House of the Lord,
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Phil Zimmerman collection to Bluegrass Hall of Fame
Phil Zimmerman and one of his classic photos of David Grisman, Sam Bush, and Peter Rowan The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, KY has announced the acquisition of the complete collection of photographs and recordings from photographer
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Brand New Hit in Nashville from Kody Norris Show
Rebel Records has released a third single for The Kody Norris Show, taken from the band's upcoming album, All Suited Up. If you know Kody's couture, you know that it's a perfect name for a record, as he and his