Wintergrass 2020 is off and running with workshops, shows, vendors, jamming and the like and all of the travelers seem to be claiming they brought the sun with them which is a rare winter occurrence in the Seattle area. As
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Day Two at the 2020 Florida Bluegrass Classic
Sandy Back Porch at the 2020 Florida Bluegrass Classic - photo © Bill Warren Jo Odom is at the MC reins once again for the Florida Bluegrass Classic. She runs the show well. The first band up was Sandy Back Porch. They
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Florida Bluegrass Classic 2020 gets underway
Ernie and Debi Evans are busy promoters. They moved directly from the Palatka Bluegrass Festival to the Florida Bluegrass Classic, held at the Florida Classic Park in Brooksville. This festival has grown greatly since its inception and has become a
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Walls of Time – Mike Block
To refer to cello player Mike Block as simply a virtuoso would seem to sell him short. A composer, educator, vocalist, and indeed a musical pioneer, his talents can’t be contained by any single genre. His work spans any number of
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Mama’s Biscuits – Kirby Heard
Kirby Heard may be best described as a dedicated troubadour, one who journeyed from the urban environs of the Midwest to a small southern town. It tempers her music with a down-home perspective that sources the essence of essential bluegrass
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Palatka Bluegrass Festival – Spring 2020
Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle, and Jerry Salley at the Spring 2020 Palatka Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren Ernie and Debi Evans are now the promoters of the Spring Palatka Bluegrass Festival held at the Rodeheaver Boys Ranch in Palatka,
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Classy. Sassy. Bluegrassy – Williamson Branch
If the title seems a bit of an overreach, it’s only because Williamson Branch is a far more traditional combo than a name like Classy. Sassy. Bluegrassy. might seem to suggest. Despite a varied background that incorporates bluegrass, country, Gospel
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Load The Wagon – Junior Sisk
Over the past few years, Junior Sisk has spent some time revamping his band and doubling down on the straightforward traditional sound his fans love. 2018’s Brand New Shade of Blue showed fans that even though Ramblers Choice was no
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Infamous Stringdusters in Grand Rapids
The Infamous Stringdusters rolled into Grand Rapids, MI last Thursday for a show at the St. Cecilia Music Center, as a part of their Acoustic Cafe series. Luckily, Bryan Bolea was in the audience, and captured this gallery of images of
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The Roses – Old Town Flood
Old Town Flood make a formidable impression with their impressive debut offering, The Roses, a set of songs that finds melody absolutely on par with musicality. That in itself says something, considering the considerable talent the band appears to have