Have you ever looked at the song titles of a new album and wondered what those songs are about? In some cases, the guesswork is removed for you by the specifics in the title, like Wreck of the Old 97,
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The very unreal threats of bluegrass groupies
Chris is out on tour with the Night Drivers this week, and asked us to re-run this column about bluegrass groupies. It originally ran in 2011, shortly after Bluegrass Today was launched. Wives of male professional bluegrass musicians may from time
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Bluegrass Baby Names, part deux – celebrity edition
This is just a quick follow-up to last week’s discussion about bluegrass baby names. I had some readers offer some excellent additional suggestions that I either didn’t think of, or I didn’t have room for last week, including these: “Maggie” – Small
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Baby name suggestions for expectant bluegrass couples
There’s a whole industry built around baby names. There are numerous books out listing baby names, their meaning and origin, how popular they are, etc. There are also web sites that offer countless suggestions from “Aabir” to “Zzyzx.” I looked
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Telephone monologues on the road
While tooling down the highway heading to the next gig, road musicians have lots of entertainment sources they never used to have: the smart phone, the video game, the iPod, even the book (prior to the 15th century, this luxury
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I’m A Wanderer video from Chris Jones
Here's a happy coincidence for Chris Jones & The Night Drivers. The very day they release a music video for the first single from their new album, it hits #1 on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay chart. The album is Made To
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Bluegrass, and old time, fitness ideas for spring
It’s the first of March, and if warm weather hasn’t hit where you are (not even close where I am), it’s coming soon. It’s a time when some of us start to think about fitness, or at least about other
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An homage to specialized tribute bands
The tribute band is nothing new to bluegrass music or to any other genre of music, for that matter. “Beatlemania” was the first one I was ever aware of, but I know the concept is much older than that. Sometimes there’s
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Made To Move – Chris Jones & the Night Drivers
My favorite term to use when I’m talking about Chris Jones & the Night Drivers is “classy-grass.” The group’s music is smooth and tasteful, featuring some of the best, most thoughtful songwriting of almost any current bluegrass group. You’re not
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Bluegrass haiku and fear of the banjo
As was mentioned last week, in my introduction to the rerun of my original column on bluegrass haiku, this is National Haiku Writing Month, as decreed by someone who likes writing haiku. The thinking is that during this, the shortest