With their wide-brimmed hats, suspenders, string ties and long black coats Canada’s The Dead South look like a cross between old country Quakers and the last gunfighters to survive the shootout at the OK Corral. It's an image that's worked
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Bluegrass 43 sing their grass with a French accent
France's Bluegrass 43 possess a lengthy history that's made them one of Europe's most accomplished bluegrass ensembles. The band, which currently consists of Philippe Ochin on mandolin and lead vocals, Alain Audras on upright bass, bass vocals and occasional reso-guitar,
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: France’s Boom Ditty Band play their own kind of grass
France's Boom Ditty Band have invested an inordinate amount of time and expertise into their endeavors, and in the ten years since the group was founded, the results of that investment have clearly paid off. Banjo player Romain Luzet sums things
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Finnish grass from Self Rising Flour
Granted, Finland isn't a place that one would normally associate with bluegrass. On the other hand, there is a certain similarity in terrain, given that its mountains and far flung environs boast a certain similarity to upper realms of Appalachia.
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Homecoming String Band plays Scottish style
Scotland's Homecoming String Band is more than merely a bluegrass band that happens to hail from the opposite side of the ocean. Their purpose is to celebrate the contributions their Scottish forebears made to this country's traditional tapestry — that
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: France’s Roots & Drive
Based in Lyon, France, Roots & Drive maintains an ethos that's true to their name. Formed in 2015, the band bases their sound on traditional bluegrass precepts, while adding a modern approach that infuses energy and their own originality into
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Hills of Belgium
It's somewhat intriguing when a band describes its sound as "mountain music from the flat country." It's even more unusual when they call themselves as Hills of Belgium, given that the country they're referring to has no hills, and is,
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: La Terza Classe is bluegrass with Italian flair
Italy's La Terza Classe was formed in October 2012, but in truth, they were birthed in the streets of their native Napoli even before that time. "The band came together due the passion and love for folk music we shared
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Musique Acoustique promotes bluegrass music in Belgium
They take tradition seriously in Belgium, and that devotion to the cause extends to their musical mantra as well. Musique Acoustique — translation: Acoustic Music — has been around since 1985 and has become a primary proponent for promoting bluegrass and
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Swiss bluegrass with The Long John Brothers
It took the Swiss bluegrass band The Long John Brothers only a few years to get to the stage they're on now. First formed in 2012, their present line-up coalesced three years later, and remains the same today. The group