I’m sure that everyone who made their way to Brown County, IN last week has had a great time at the longest running bluegrass festival in the world, Bean Blossom. I was able to attend on Saturday evening, and I
Album of the Week
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Album of the Week #23 – Doc Watson’s Portrait
Last week, I took a hiatus from my regular Album of the Week column to celebrate the life and legacy of Jimmie Rodgers with a series of Rodgers Remembrances. Hopefully, you enjoyed learning more about the Father of Country Music. I had
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Album of the Week #22 – The Lonesome River Band’s One Step Forward
Don’t worry everyone. I didn’t go anywhere. I know there was no Album of the Week last week. Another semester of college is wrapping up and I was bogged down studying the Cold War presidents, the difference between “new federalism”
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Album of the Week #21 – J.D. Crowe’s Blackjack (Ramblin’ Boy)
In light of the sad but understandable news that bluegrass visionary J.D. Crowe is going to be retiring at the end of this year, this week’s Album of the Week is going to be an often overlooked gem from the
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Album of the Week #20 – Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s Kept & Protected
Following a great Easter weekend celebrating Christ’s resurrection with loved ones, I decided to choose one of my favorite Gospel albums for this Album of the Week: Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver’s Kept & Protected from 1997. Ever since their second album in
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Album of the Week #19 – Foggy Mountain Banjo
On Sunday, my father (Joe Mullins) and I sat and listened to every minute of a funeral for a man I had only been around once. Why would the passing of someone who I didn’t even know personally cause my
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Album of the Week #18 – The Del McCoury Band’s Del And The Boys
The Del McCoury Band is playing this weekend at the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival, and I am really psyched to get to see them again. Del, whose fans range from Vince Gill to Elvis Costello, is a living legend in
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Album of the Week #15 – Rhonda Vincent’s Back Home Again
I like to think of Rhonda Vincent’s Back Home Again as The Lion King of bluegrass albums. Stick with me on this... The Lion King tells the story of Simba the lion who returns to the Pridelands to take his place
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Album of the Week #16 – Nickel Creek’s This Side
The other day I was listening to some music by one of the most successful acoustic groups of our time, Nickel Creek. I got to looking at some dates, and noticed that, possibly their most successful album, This Side, celebrates
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Album of the week #13 – Seldom Scene Act III
This week, we celebrate four decades of recordings from one of the most prolific bands in bluegrass music: The Seldom Scene. What started out as a weekly jam session snowballed into one of the most influential bluegrass bands of all-time. Ben