There has been an outbreak in the State of Ohio. An outbreak of bluegrass festivals, that is! In the last two years the state of Ohio has seen quite a few new festivals popping up, with the addition of Mansfield
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Denver Snow – Flashback
A super group of sorts, Flashback is essentially an offshoot of the revered bluegrass band, J.D. Crowe And The New South, absent its leader. The group’s current roster includes Don Rigsby (mandolin, vocals), Stuart Wyrick (banjo, vocals), Richard Bennett (guitar,
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Soul Searching – Mountain Heart
Mountain Heart has undergone considerable changes throughout their 20 year history, transitioning from a traditional bluegrass band to one whose broad sweep now includes not only bluegrass, but a hybrid grassicana sound that incorporates the wider berth of Americana as
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Dreams – Twisted Pine
Whenever a band releases a covers collection, it’s usually an indication that they needed a stopgap of some sort, a momentary respite prior to the planning of their next proper LP. Indeed, given the fact that Dreams is only the
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2018 Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival – Better than ever!
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage at the 2018 Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival - photo by Dale Cahill The 18th annual Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival is in the books and what a festival it was! Even a little bit of rain on
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Heart Wide Open – Kristi Stanley
It’s not often that a stomach virus can help inspire a song. In Kristi Stanley’s case, it was a bug that forced her to take to her bed while offering the opportunity to meditate on her mother’s memory. She drifted
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A Storyteller’s Memory – Remington Ryde
One of the greatest losses in bluegrass music in recent years was that of James King, the “Bluegrass Storyteller.” He had a way of filling songs with raw emotion that few singers share and a love for traditional bluegrass music
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Epilogue: A Tribute to John Duffey
It’s early to start thinking about the 2019 IBMA awards, given that the finalists for this year haven’t been selected yet. But I already have a frontrunner for next year’s recorded event of the year, the award that goes to a
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2018 Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival report
Jenny Brook promoter Candi Sawyer poses with her Jimmy Martin cutout - photo by Darcy Cahill Welcome to the 18th annual Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival! It seems like Candi and Seth Sawyer have done it again. They are busy this morning getting
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Didn’t He Ramble: Songs of Charlie Poole – David Davis
It’s a credit to the genre and its ability to evolve and find a fit with contemporary audiences that bluegrass — or grassicana as its current incarnation is often referred to — is open to so many methods of interpretation.