Chris Strachwitz, founder and president of Arhoolie Records, passed away from complications with congestive heart failure at an assisted living facility in the San Francisco Bay Area's Marin County, California, on May 5, 2023. He was 91 years old. Always
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Bobby Casey passes
Fans of the limited production Mossman Guitars are in mourning since the death of chief luthier and company owner Bobby Casey at his home in Sulphur Springs, TX on April 28, 2023. He was 85 years of age. Mossman Guitars was
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Travis Tucker taking his leave from Backline
Popular South Carolina grassers Backline have announced that founding member Travis Tucker is stepping away from the band due to time constraints. Travis has played resophonic guitar with the group from the time they started seven years ago, and says
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Mama’s Cross from Lorraine Jordan, with Donna Ulisse
The latest single from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road is a very special Mother's Day song that Lorraine wrote with Donna Ulisse. With both of their moms, and the upcoming Mother's Day in mind, Pinecastle Records is giving away copies
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If I Didn’t Love You from Jana Mougin
It's been quite some time since we've heard new music from Jana Mougin. An experienced touring artist, she spent ten years with Fragment, one of the most successful European bluegrass acts in her native Slovakiac, as Jana Dolakova. Now living
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Gordon Lightfoot remembered
Legendary Canadian folk music star Gordon Lightfoot passed away at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on Monday evening, May 1, 2023. Age 84, he died of natural causes. The singer-songwriter's most enduring works include If You Could Read My Mind, Sundown, Carefree
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Uncle Lloyd from Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road
Trailhead Records has released a debut single from a new project from Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road. Bluegrass fans remember Liam when he first appeared as the teen leader of a very young Cane Mill Road several years ago. They
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Love of the Mountains drops for Mike Mitchell
Though a native Canadian, bluegrass singer, songwriter, and fiddler Mike Mitchell has long made the southwestern Virginia community of Floyd his home. He's raised his family there, where he operates a music school for students of both classical and Appalachian
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Track Premiere: True Life Blues from Gina Furtado
The Gina Furtado Project is reaching all the way back to the beginnings of bluegrass with their new single, True Life Blues, one written by Bill Monroe, which he cut in 1945. Bluegrass fans know Gina from her stint on banjo
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Way Too Pretty drops for Buster Sledge
Buster Sledge isn't your typical bluegrass group by any measure. Based in Oslo, they are made up of three Norwegians and a Californian who describe their sound as acoustic Melancholicana Sadgrasss. It can't be all that bad, can it fellas? Their