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Circa Blue

  • Circa Blue collab with Ekaterina Shelehova on Christmas classic

    December 21, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Back in 2016, over the holiday season, West Virginia's Circa Blue released an instrumental version of the Christmas favorite, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, on their Bells of Home album. Then in November of 2019, Valerie Smith with Bell Buckle Records

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  • Old Toy Trains – Christmas single from Circa Blue

    December 8, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Also jumping into the bluegrass song sweepstakes this year is West Virginia's Circa Blue. Their entry is Old Toy Trains, a remake of Roger Miller's single from 1967 which he had written for his son. It takes the form of a

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  • Steve Harris and Valerie Smith duet on I Sing Your Song

    May 25, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Circa Blue has released a new recording, with a music video, of a song they originally cut back in 2016. It's one called I Sing Your Song, written by Steve Harris, with David Morris and Dawn Kenney, which is offered now

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  • Footprints In A Song – Circa Blue

    July 31, 2019 | by Lee Zimmerman

    With their fine fifth album, West Virginia’s Circa Blue demonstrate once again why they’ve increasingly become the bluegrass band to watch over the course of the past several years. Adept in their arrangements and assured in their intents, the band

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  • Photos from 2019 Circa Blue Fest

    June 18, 2019 | by John Lawless

    The 2019 Circa Blue Fest was held June 7-9 in Martinsburg, WV. The festival got in before the big rains came across the southeast, and enjoyed a beautiful weekend of music, sun, and fun at the Harry D. Shelley Park. Steve

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  • Mississippi Queen drops for Circa Blue

    March 7, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Bell Buckle Productions has released a second single this week from Circa Blue, ahead of their next album Footprints In A Song, due to hit later this month. This one is driving bluegrass number that reaches back to the late 1970s

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  • Footprints in a Song from Circa Blue

    February 1, 2019 | by John Lawless

    West Virginia's Circa Blue has a new single and a new label to celebrate this week. The band has recently signed with Bell Buckle Records, and a new album is being prepared for a March release. The title track, Footprints in

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  • 2018 winners for the Circa Blue Fest Songwriting Contest

    May 29, 2018 | by John Lawless

    The winners of the 2018 Circa Blue Fest Songwriting Contest have been announced ahead of next weekend's festival in Martinsburg, WV. The competition is open each year to bluegrass songwriters who receive less than 50% of their income from songwriting royalties,

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  • Deadline nears for Circa-Blue Song Contest

    April 30, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Bluegrass songwriters have until midnight May 15 (Eastern time) to submit entries for the second annual Circa Blue Fest Songwriting Contest. The contest is held in conjunction with the 3rd Annual Circa Blue Fest, June 7-10, in Martinsburg, WV. Cash prizes

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  • Inaugural Circa-Blue Fest songwriting contest winners announced

    April 21, 2017 | by John Lawless

    The winners have been announced this afternoon in the very first Circa-Blue Fest Song Contest. 30 entries were submitted in this bluegrass songwriting competition, and the judges have spoken. Winners will pick up their prizes during the Circa-Blue Fest, and proceeds

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