With some 30 plus albums to his credit, it would be easy to label Jim Lauderdale’s latest, When Carolina Comes Home Again, as simply the most recent in an ongoing series of efforts that have marked his overly ambitious three
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Man on the Radio – Wood Belly
While the majority of professional pickers are known for their astute instrumental acumen, it doesn’t mean that melody need be sacrificed for musicality. Indeed, that’s a belief shared by any number of young bands that identify themselves as either newgrass
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Old Salt Union impresses in Michigan
Old Salt Union at The Intersection in Grand Rapids - photo by Bryan Bolea I went into the March 4 Railroad Earth show in Grand Rapids not knowing much about Old Salt Union, but assuming that opening for such a renowned
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Old Soul: A Collection of Mountain Music – Tony & Heather Mabe
Although Tony and Heather Mabe have been spending most of their time lately picking and singing in Junior Sisk’s band, the North Carolina-based couple have also taken the time to record a new duo record, showcasing their love of old-timey
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Thirty Years Later – Johnny & Jeanette Williams
The title is ingrained with fact, not fiction. Johnny and Jeanette Williams have a combined career that includes numerous awards and nominations, as well as the highest accolades accorded to proven participants in today’s bluegrass circles. Both members of this
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Railroad Earth at The Intersection in Grand Rapids
This post is a contribution from Bryan Bolea with 529 Photography, a connoisseur of modern bluegrass and contemporary acoustic music in Ann Arbor, MI. After recording a February 29 show at The Caverns, Railroad Earth headed north for shows in Indianapolis
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Desert Bluegrass Association’s Marana Festival held last weekend
This contribution comes from David VanGelder in Tucson, AZ, a photographer and songwriter who fronts a bluegrass band called The Dust Devils. There may have been only one open air live music festival in the country this weekend, and it was
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Tell It To Me — Revisiting The Johnson City Sessions 1928 – 1929
Of all of today’s popular musical genres, no single style remains more enduring than bluegrass. Granted, blues and Gospel also take their place among the more archival sounds of America’s heartland, but given its roots in Ireland, England, and Scotland,
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2020 Barcelona Bluegrass Camp report
Tony Trischka leads a banjo workshop at the 2020 Barcelona Bluegrass Camp This report on the 5th annual Barcelona Bluegrass Camp is a contribution from Xavier Cardús, a banjo player and bluegrass enthusiast in Barcelona. The temperature was pleasantly perfect and the
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95th annual Star Fiddlers’ Convention in NC
The 95th Annual Star Fiddlers’ Convention, the longest continuously running convention in North Carolina, is now in the record books and with it, the largest crowd and group of contestants that the talent contest has seen in recent years. Mary Callicutt