Here's one we missed when it was released in April, a recording by John Hartford, Tony Rice and Vassar Clements in 1988, with Roy Huskey Jr on bass and Mark Howard on mandolin. Titled simply Hartford, Rice and Clements, the album
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Money Can’t Buy Love In the City
Flint Michigan's New County Grass has a new CD, Money Can't Buy Love In the City. Fellas... it won't get you much in the country, either! Silliness aside, this top notch project shows just how strong a four-piece family band can
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Chris Stuart & Janet Beazley
We heard this week from Chris Stuart, west coast singer/songwriter extraordinaire, with some news about his musical endeavors. Primarily, it involves a name change that acknowledges his long-time musical partnership with Janet Beazely, who has played banjo and sang alongside Stuart
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Steve Martin guests at Trischka’s School Of Banjo
Tony Trischka produced Steve Martin's last bluegrass album, and has asked Steve to return the favor by posting a guest lesson at the Tony Trischka School Of Banjo. Martin has obliged, creating a video demonstrating the song Hide Behind A Rock
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New CD coming from Ralph Stanley II
Ralph Stanley II has been quiet since the release of his 2008 CD, This One Is Two. We bragged on that album a good bit when it came out, at which point "II," as he is known, stepped away from
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Sketches – Butch Robins’ Imagicnation
Butch Robins is surely among the most consistently interesting - and unpredictable - personages in bluegrass music. He spent four years with Bill Monroe in the late 1970s, as was as buttoned-down a young banjo picker as you might imagine. He
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Here come the Cherryholmes Brothers
We posted earlier this month with word that Skip Cherryholmes, late of his family's blockbuster band, was on the hunt for a new gig. Well it appears that the family ties are still strong, and Skip has decided to form
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New look for Flamekeeper
Michael Cleveland has announced the new lineup for his touring band, Flamekeeper. Ashby Frank comes in to play mandolin and sing tenor, Charlie Lawson will play guitar and sing lead, and Blake Bowen will handle bass and harmony vocals. Michael is
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Shave And Haircut – Jussi Syren And The Groundbreakers
Finland's Jussi Syren and The Groundbreakers have released Shave And Haircut, their 7th album of traditional bluegrass, retro-Nordic style. As the cover art implies, Jussi and his merry band specialize in a style that reached it's zenith in the 1960s, drawing
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Academy of Bluegrass – a review
Do you live in the middle of nowhere and can’t find a bluegrass teacher? Or work strange hours and need to take lessons at odd times? With the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass, it’s now possible to improve as a picker,