Music

  • Leroy Drumm passes

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    Bluegrass songwriter Leroy Drumm died at his home in Waynesboro, Tennessee, on  Friday, November 26. He was 74 and had experienced heart problems recently. Born on September 26, 1936, in Algonac, Michigan, he was a Navy veteran and a retired welder. However,

  • The Boxcars roll into town

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    We've waxed enthusiastic several times about The Boxcars here on Bluegrass Today, and the release of their debut, self-titled CD on Mountain Home Records gave us another opportunity to do so in September when the first single dropped, and again

  • Christmas single from Jett’s Creek

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    Ohio's Jett's Creek is the latest bluegrass act to offer a Christmas single. Theirs is From My Broken Heart to You, a melancholy Christmas song of loss and loneliness. Does that make it the perfect bluegrass Christmas song? But seriously... The

  • Win a Deering banjo from Tony Trischka

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    OK... not from Tony directly. But his new banjo teaching site, The Tony Trischka School of Banjo, together with the good folks at Deering Banjos, are offering the chance to win a $1500 Deering gift certificate. The contest is open to

  • Graves Mountain Memories on Into The Blue

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    This week's edition of Into The Blue, produced and voiced by award-winning broadcaster Terry Herd, will feature interviews with Carl Jackson and Mark Newton. They join Terry to discuss All Star Jam - Live At Grave's Mountain, recorded during the

  • Banjo swap for the Clinch Mountain Boys

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    Long-time banjo picker Steve Sparkman has vacated his spot with Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys to accept a position in law enforcement with the Versailles, KY police department. Steve had been a fixture on tour with Dr. Ralph, coming

  • Femme Fatale – new single from Toy Hearts

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    The singing Johnson sisters, i.e., England's Toy Hearts, have released the first single from their new Femme Fatale CD. It's the title track, in a special radio edit, offered for sale as a digital download through iTunes. Femme Fatale features Toy

  • NewFound Road live on DVD and CD

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    We told you last month about NewFound Road's plans to cut a live album on December 4 at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN. Now comes word that their live show that night will also be captured on video,

  • Christmas In Dixie from Nu-Blu

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    Things are moving ever more in a holiday direction here at Bluegrass Today. We'll all be celebrating Thanksgiving with our families this week, after which the official secular celebration of Christmas cranks into overdrive. And what a treat this year that