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My Darling’s Coming Home from Retro 78
Retro 78 has a new single sure to delight everyone who appreciates old time traditional bluegrass and country music. It's a bright, medium-tempo song written and sung by guitarist Clint Groves called My Darling's Coming Home Complete with twin fiddles and a bit of walking bass, this lively number isn't about
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: France’s Watson Bridge
Jean-Paul Delon, half of the French duo known as Watson Bridge, finds more than a hint of inspiration for his music within the environs he calls home. "We live in France, in the old mountains named Massif Central," he explains. "Our landscape looks a lot like the Appalachian mountains, particularly in
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From The Side of the Road… you will be visited by three spirits
Merry Christmas to all! I've been given the day off (with pay), though when I told my boss here, John Lawless, that it was only once a year, he replied, "A poor excuse for picking a man's pocket every 25th of December!" Below is a repeat of a Christmas column from
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Pretty Paper from Rock Hearts
Rock Hearts has jumped in to the Christmas bluegrass single mix at the last minute with a song from their current album. It's Willie Nelson's Pretty Paper, a heartbreak number that was a hit for Roy Orbison in 1963. The boys in Rock Hearts dress it up in a nice twin-fiddle
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Santa’s Sleigh Breakdown from Tom Gantz
Thomas Gantzerek is a musician and lyricist living in Japan, who goes professionally as Tom Gantz. He has composed a clever secular bluegrass Christmas song for this season, about a tragic incident in which Santa's sleigh breaks down in the hills of Appalachia. But, of course, the friendly denizens of the
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Ran Out of Road – Audie Blaylock tribute from Reed Jones
The entire bluegrass world was shocked when Audie Blaylock died unexpectedly earlier this year. Only 61 years of age, he had been present in professional bluegrass all of the past four decades, and in such a highly visible way, that it seemed like he would always be there. And yet
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Authentic Unlimited Christmas concert
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Sorrow, Grief and Pain video from Burnett Sisters
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Silent Night from Jim Hurst
Veteran guitarist, vocalist, and solo artist Jim Hurst has released a music video as his 2024 offering for the Christmas season. It's a lovely treatment of...
Various Artists – Silver Bullet Bluegrass
At first, any attempt to turn Bob Seger's classic catalog into some sort of bluegrass bedfellows might seem somewhat misguided at best. After all, the...
A Long Ways Past A Preacher from Roan Street Ramblers
The Roan Street Ramblers, a young family bluegrass group from Johnson City, TN, have written and recorded a song about the devastating floods that followed...
Christmas Time Is Here – Authentic Unlimited
Authentic Unlimited's holiday album, Christmas Time Is Here, their third release on Billy Blue Records for 2024, is gaining momentum and drawing more attention to...
