Doyle Lawson, 43 year veteran leader of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, has announced that he will be stepping away from that role at the end of 2022. With nearly six decades as a professional bluegrass entertainer under his belt, Lawson is
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Happy Go Lucky from Doyle Lawson & Alan Bibey
Attention mandolin fans! Billy Blue Records has released an interesting one-off single featuring two of the preeminent bluegrass mandolinists of the past 35 years, Doyle Lawson and Alan Bibey. Both have been innovators in our music for decades, and while Lawson
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New single From Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Between The Lines
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver are offering a look at the new edition of the band, and their new sound, with a first single this week from an upcoming album for Billy Blue Records. Lawson has had the boys in the studio
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Doyle Lawson Festival will return Mother’s Day weekend
The 41st Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Bluegrass Music Festival will return May 6-8 at the Denton FarmPark in central North Carolina. Due to the pandemic, last year's event was moved from May to September. This year it returns to
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In The Resurrection Morning – tribute to Steve Gulley
The bluegrass world is just coming to terms with the loss of Steve Gulley earlier this year to an aggressive intestinal cancer. He passed on August 18, not even a month after receiving his diagnosis, many years too soon. Recently a
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Scott Napier offers another LP “must have” mandolin records giveaway
Scott Napier, professional bluegrass mandolinist and Associate Professor at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music, is doing another giveaway from his rich collection of bluegrass albums. Back in August, he did this once before, giving away five classic
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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Festival celebrates 40 years
Neither a global pandemic nor intermittent showers could dampen the spirit nor the music this past weekend at the Denton FarmPark in central North Carolina. Doyle Lawson’s 40th Annual Bluegrass Festival was one for the record books. With seating spaced to
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Bluegrass returns to Denton FarmPark for Doyle Lawson Festival
Even in the midst of a pandemic, the show must go on and that is what is happening this weekend at the 40th Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Festival held at Denton FarmPark in central North Carolina. The event has faced
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Doyle Lawson comes rarin’ back with a new Quicksilver
There is likely no more common topic of discussion in bluegrass circles than Doyle Lawson's latest band. In his more than 40 years as a bandleader - and headliner - Doyle has reformed his touring group more times than he'd
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Joe Dean leaving Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Banjo player Joe Dean has announced that he is leaving Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver after 8 years on the road with the band. Joe tells us that he has been touring professionally since he was 18 years old, and as he