Writers are always counseled to write what they know. That's not an issue for Irene Kelley, who has created a cabin industry of sorts out of writing songs about home, family, and her life. Her latest indie CD, Snow White
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This Train drops for Wood Box Heroes
Today we get the second single from Wood Box Heroes, a new group of top Nashville pickers and singers, from their upcoming independently-produced debut project. The band was assembled by Kentucky-born songwriter and guitarist Josh Martin, who has the unrecognized distinction
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On Banjo – Recollections, Licks, and Solos by Ben Eldridge
Talk about a long time in coming... A book about the banjo music of Ben Eldridge is a great many years overdue. Since 1970, he has been among the most influential banjo pickers in the bluegrass world, through many years as
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Hope – new single from Cup O’Joe
Long time readers will be familiar with Cup O'Joe, an extremely talented young transatlantic bluegrass band, anchored by the Agnew family of Northern Ireland. We've had our eye on them since they were teens, making videos in their parents' home
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Yellow Brick Highway from Irene Kelley
Veteran bluegrass singer and songwriter Irene Kelley, whose every song seems to move up our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart, has a fifth single from her current Snow White Memories album, releasing on March 31. Like all of her songs, it
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Highway of Love drops for Dalton Harper
Skyline Records has released a debut single from Dalton Harper, one of their most recent signees, already an experienced bluegrass veteran as both a singer and a songwriter. A Missouri native, Dalton spent his formative years performing with his family's band,
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Let’s Get It Started from The Cleverlys
The Cleverlys are back with some of their trademark hayseed humor, applying bluegrass accompaniment to pop classics. Over the past few years these rural humorists have found a large audience, both with recorded music and a hilarious stage show, including
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Still Kickin’: Three On A String inducted into Alabama Music Hall of Fame
This report is a contribution from Skip Tucker of Birmingham, AL The legendary Birmingham bluegrass show band, Three on a String, wore tuxedos on stage for the first time in its storied half-century career. It had to. They were inducted over
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Foggy Morning Breaking – music video from Alison Brown with Steve Martin
Alison Brown is one of the most highly regarded individuals in our business. As President of Compass Records, she has produced and/or overseen the recording and releases of dozens of prominent projects, in and out of bluegrass music, and contributed
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Carson Peters & Iron Mountain to Billy Blue Records
Billy Blue Records has announced the signing of bluegrass and bluegrass gospel group Carson Peters & Iron Mountain. Carson's should be a familiar face to many people, as he has been seen many times on television, starting as a young boy.