Music

  • Mast Farm Inn sessions

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    We wrote earlier this year about the first in a planned series of unique Artist In Residence events at The Mast Farm Inn in North Carolina, sponsored by The Bluegrass Legacy Facebook group. This first was an intensive songwriter's workshop, hosted

  • Strange New World – Blue Moon Rising

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    Blue Moon Rising is celebrating the release of their new CD, Strange New World, on Rural Rhythm Records. It's the first album by this critically-acclaimed band since a major reformation late in 2009. West found himself bandless last fall when founding

  • Tim Smith to Rich In Tradition

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    Veteran fiddler Tim Smith joins Rich In Tradition, the excellent young traditional band from the Mt. Airy - Galax area. Hot on the heals of our recent note about Tim Smith’s rich musical past, including his near three-year tenure with the

  • Dana and Lauren – return of the Shankmans

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    Remember the Schankman Twins? They were a festival favorite in the early part of the decade, traveling the US from their home in Los Angeles. From the start,Dana and Lauren Shankman had an irresistible appeal; two cute young teens playing banjo

  • Nedski and Mojo hit the road

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    Hot on the heels of their debut CD release, Ned Luberecki and Stephen Mougin (aka Nedski & Mojo) are hitting the road this week. They start today (10/25) at the Mast Farm Inn in North Carolina, with our heroes moving

  • Blue Highway studio pics

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    Rob Ickes sent along a few photos from the Blue Highway tracking sessions this past week at Maggard's Studio in Big Stone Gap, VA. The guys were hard at work on their 9th album of new material, which will once

  • IIIrd Tyme Out road diary, day 2

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    This post is a contribution from Steve Dilling. He will be chronicling IIIrd Tyme Out's west coast tour for Bluegrass Today in October, as he has done in the past. We pulled into Barstow, California at 5:30 pm local time. We

  • Blue Highway back in the studio

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    Tim Stafford checked in this morning with news about the next Blue Highway CD. "We started our 9th studio project – not counting compilations – this week at Maggard's Studio in Big Stone Gap, VA, where we've worked on the last

  • Ashlee Blankenship signs with Mountain Fever

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    Mountain Fever has released a single for their newest artist, Ashlee Blankenship and Blades of Blue. This young group from southwest Virginia is fronted by 23 year old vocalist Blankenship, with Joshua Underwood on banjo, Dustin Pyrtle on guitar, Jimmy Creed