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Bill and The Belles

  • Aidan VanSuetendael to Bill and the Belles

    September 2, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Bill and the Belles have announced their newest member, Aidan VanSuetendael, who joins the band on banjo. The east Tennessee-based group plays an interesting mix of old time, bluegrass, and swing, primarily focused on the sounds of American music in the

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  • Bluegrass Jamboree final concert – full video

    March 27, 2019 | by John Lawless

    When the final concert of the 2018 Bluegrass Jamboree tour took place in Berlin back on December 4, the promoters had a multi-camera video crew on hand to capture the action. And the final edit has been released for everyone to

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  • That’ll Be Just Fine video from Bill and The Belles

    March 7, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Bill and The Belles are back with a new single and video, demonstrating their unique modern mastery of the pre-bluegrass string band sound. It's part vaudeville, part string swing, and always all acoustic. Under the direction of guitarist/vocalist Kris Truelsen, the

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  • Smile, It’s Christmas from Bill and The Belles

    December 21, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Don’t get them wrong, Bill and the Belles love the holidays. They live for gatherings of family and friends, snow days, sparkles and cheer, as evidenced by their fourth year hosting the Johnson City Jingle Bell Jamboree (a holiday roots

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  • Tristan Scroggins reports from Bluegrass Jamboree

    December 5, 2018 | by Guest Contributor

    Jeff Scroggins & Colorado playing in a barn turned venue from the middle ages in Ravensburg in a picture captured by Kalia Yeagle This report from the ongoing Bluegrass Jamboree tour is a contribution from Tristan Scroggins, mandolinist with Jeff Scroggins &

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  • Finger Pointin’ Mama video from Bill and The Belles

    August 23, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Just ahead of tomorrow's release of their debut, full-length album, Dreamsongs Etc, Bill and The Belles have released a second video from the project on Jalopy Records. It's more of their pre-bluegrass string music, part swing... part tin pan alley... and all

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  • Wedding Bell Chimes from Bill and The Belles

    July 3, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Though it may sound like heresy to some true believers, there was actually enjoyable stringboard music prior to the development of bluegrass with Bill Monroe in the late 1940s. A good many talented artists performed with banjos and fiddles between

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  • Mistletoe Minnie video from Bill & The Belles

    December 22, 2017 | by John Lawless

    From east Tennessee comes a new secular Christmas song from Bill and The Belles, an annual tradition for the band, in their quirky, post-vaudeville/pre-bluegrass string band sound. This one was written by Kris Truelsen, a.k,a. Bill, with the assistance of his

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  • Bill and The Belles send Santa on vacation

    December 22, 2016 | by John Curtis Goad

    ETSU’s Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program seems to churn out some of the best in the world of traditional music. As is the case with Bill and the Belles, an old time country-esque group based out of

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  • Friday images from Wide Open Bluegrass ’16

    October 7, 2016 | by Tara Linhardt

    We're winding down our coverage of the 2016 World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass events, with only a few more galleries left to post. Here are Tara Linhardt's photos and a few videos from Friday in Raleigh, NC.   Bill and

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