Bluegrass band news

  • Northern Lights go out for good

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    Northern Lights has been the premier progressive bluegrass band in northeastern Massachusetts for the past 35 years. Other than a brief hiatus from 1977-1982, the band has been the home for adventurous string musicians in the Boston area, often including

  • Farm Of Yesterday from The Gibson Brothers

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    The Gibson Brothers are celebrating three months with the title track of their Ring The Bell CD atop the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Survey of bluegrass songs. Another track getting attention from the album is Farm Of Yesterday, an autobiographical

  • The Cleverlys

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    I just discovered The Cleverlys this morning, even though their facebook page says they've been around since 1952. It's a family band according to their Facebook bio, which I have no reason to disbelieve. Their music isn't exactly traditional bluegrass. I

  • Grascals back from Europe

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    The Grascals are back in the good ole USA after a trip to Europe in February. While on the continent at the end of the month, they played concerts in Switzerland and Belgium, and Lilly Pavlak snapped some great photos of

  • Nedski & Mojo on Music City Roots

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    Among the guests on last night's (3/3) edition of Music City Roots were Nedski & Mojo (Ned Luberecki and Stephen Mougin). Both are familiar faces (and voices) in the bluegrass world, but typically in supporting roles. The Nedski & Mojo Show

  • Southern Accent: you spoke, they listened

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    In February, we posted about a special project band featuring a number of notable pickers who were getting together to do some off-season concert gigs. The band will include John Miller on guitar, Jesse Brock on mandolin, Joey Cox on

  • C-Sky takes it to the streets

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    Cadillac Sky's Bryan Simpson and Matt Menefee found a novel way to promote a show in Zumbrota, MN. Simpson fell back on his prior work experience in sales, and took Matt door-to-door to invite folks in the neighborhood out to the

  • Matt Wingate to Claire Lynch

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    Claire Lynch has announced that Matt Wingate is her new guitar player. He steps into the void left when Claire's long-time guitar man Jim Hurst stepped aside, leaving young Mr. Wingate with some extra large shoes to fill. But based on

  • Curling and bluegrass music?

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    Did you think that bluegrass music would somehow escape curling-mania? Chris Jones, Sirius-XM radio host and fearless leader of Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, contacted us with the news that his latest CD, Cloud of Dust, is now available on