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  • Sally Sandker accepts position with US Navy Band Country Current

    March 28, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Sally Sandker has announced today that she has accepted an E-6 position in the US Navy to take the guitar/vocal spot in County Current. The group is the only one dedicated to bluegrass music in the US Navy band system. A

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  • Welcome Cole McAvinue!

    September 16, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Patrick McAvinue, fiddler and mandolinist for US Navy Band Country Current, and his wife, Jules, are celebrating the birth of their first child. William Coleman McAvinue was born on August 23 at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, MD. His arrival

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  • Bill Emerson passes

    August 22, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Bluegrass Hall of Fame banjo player Bill Emerson passed away on August 21 from complications of pneumonia. He died surrounded by his family at 83 years of age. Surely one of the most consequential banjo players of the 20th century, Bill

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  • Vocalist position open with Country Current

    August 9, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Country Current, the bluegrass and country group with the US Navy Band command in Washington, DC, is preparing to audition for the position of Lead Vocalist/Entertainer. This comes as veteran band member Kenny Ray Horton is set to retire from

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  • Country Current auditioning for bluegrass lead vocalist/guitarist

    October 21, 2020 | by John Lawless

    Country Current, the US Navy's only professional bluegrass and country music band, is currently auditioning for a lead vocalist who can play rhythm guitar. This is a unique opportunity for a qualified person, with great pay and benefits, plus the

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  • US Navy Band Country Current auditioning fiddlers/mandolinists

    December 2, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Country Current, the US Navy's only full-time bluegrass and country music act, is looking for a new fiddler to take the spot to be vacated by Senior Chief Pat White, who has been with the group since 1995. The successful

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  • Happy Memorial Day!

    May 28, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Bluegrass Today would like to wish all of our American readers a happy Memorial Day! We hope you are able to spend some time with your family to enjoy the day, and reflect a bit about the many sacrifices borne

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  • Haley Stiltner, USN – 3rd Country Current banjoist in 45 years

    May 3, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Way back in 1973, the US Navy Band program in Washington, DC formed a new outfit called Country Current, created to take advantage of the growing popularity of bluegrass and country music in the capitol region. At one point, there

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  • Haley Stiltner, USN, to appear with Wynonna on TV tonight

    December 4, 2017 | by John Lawless

    Since 1923, the annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree has been a highlight of the holiday season in Washington, DC. Each year a magnificent tree is brought in to the capitol for placement at the White House, where it

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  • Keith Arneson’s final gig

    May 15, 2017 | by David Morris

    Twenty-four years after Keith Arneson and his banjo walked out of boot camp, he played his final gig in uniform Friday night with the U.S. Navy band, Country Current. It was a bittersweet moment for Arneson, and for a few dozen

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