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Dead South

  • Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Canada’s Dead South offers a different slant

    March 24, 2022 | by Lee Zimmerman

    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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  • Chop Suey video from The Dead South

    March 9, 2022 | by John Lawless

    OK... this one will generate some strong opinions. The Dead South have been a popular topic here at Bluegrass Today of late. Their unorthodox approach to traditional Appalachian music forms has won them fans worldwide, and their live shows are notorious

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  • Will The Circle Be Unbroken from The Dead South

    January 7, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Also out with new music today is outlaw grassers The Dead South, with another single from their upcoming twin EPs, Easy Listening for Jerks Pt 1 & 2, due in early March. The band is drawing large audiences all over the

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  • People Are Strange video from The Dead South

    November 12, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Last month we shared news about The Dead South and their plans to release a pair of cover projects next year, built around their idiosyncratic and practically goth bluegrass style. The two EPS are set for release in March under the

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  • You Are My Sunshine video from The Dead South

    October 19, 2021 | by John Lawless

    The Dead South are back with an announcement of two upcoming cover EPs, a winter tour of the US and UK, and a music video with a sample of their new music. This decidedly non-traditional outfit will be releasing a pair

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  • The Dead South: Rockin’ Bluegrass from the Frozen North

    February 17, 2021 | by j. poet

    The Dead South has helped make bluegrass a viable genre in Canada. Canadians always liked traditional music and American folk, but it was the success of The Dead South that brought mainstream attention to bluegrass. The video for their song -

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  • Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Bluegrass comes alive with The Dead South

    November 22, 2019 | by Lee Zimmerman

    They may call themselves The Dead South, but in truth, they hail from the great white north — Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada to be precise. That may be what makes the Dead South’s charm seem all the more universal. The idea of

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  • Sugar & Joy – The Dead South

    September 27, 2019 | by Lee Zimmerman

    With all due respect to their American cousins, our neighbors to the north often seem to show the yanks a thing or two when it comes to offering authenticity within the realms of bluegrass and beyond. Bands such as the

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  • The Dead South going for 40M views with music video

    January 19, 2018 | by John Lawless

    The greater accessibility of video editing technology has been great boon for the bluegrass world. With a relatively inexpensive camera, and a modern computer, most any group or artist can put together a nice video to present their music to the

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