This is the third and final part of a four-part series on description and categorization of music, and the challenges of counting the number of parts in a series. We had been discussing ways to describe your own music or band,
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Rounder reissues classic Mark O’Connor albums
In tandem with the release of Coming Home, their recent album for O'Connor Band, Rounder Records has reached back into the vault and issued digital re-releases of three Mark O'Connor albums from the 1970s. These were recorded and released as LPs while
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Old Tone Roots Music Festival report
The Old Tone Roots Music Festival in North Hillsdale, New York just had its first three day festival this last weekend. Old Tone is definitely in my picks for best festivals of the region for sure. It is set in
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J. D. Crowe and Deering Banjos enter Banjo Hall of Fame
This report on the Hall of Fame weekend at the American Banjo Museum is a contribution from Alan Tompkins, a Dallas area bluegrass musician, radio host, and founder of the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation. Alan also serves on the Board of
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‘Neath a Midnight Sky – Eastman String Band
Eastman Strings has been a friend to bluegrass for some time now, and one of its reps, Tim Finch, is a regular presence at World of Bluegrass, MerleFest, the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival and elsewhere. But Tim doesn’t just sell Eastman mandolins,
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Bluegrass Country Foundation forms to save BluegrassCountry.org
It looks like there is at least one group in the DC capitol area hard at work to save their beloved bluegrass radio in the district and outlying areas. The Bluegrass Country Foundation has been formed specifically to raise the necessary
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Adam Steffey talks Here To Stay
Here To Stay, Adam Steffey's new album from Mountain Home Music, is one his fans have been hoping for this past ten years or so. We had a chance to discuss the new record with him last week while he was
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A big bluegrass weekend in southeastern Michigan
The Gibson Brothers ushered in a big weekend of bluegrass music in southeast Michigan with a performance at the Ark in Ann Arbor on Friday evening. An appreciative audience was treated to a great show. The band spent the rest
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Molly May video from Claire Lynch
Compass Records has released a music video for Molly May, the second track on their new album for Claire Lynch, North By South. The record has a Northern theme, featuring songs written by Canadian songwriters, this one by J.P. Cormier from
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2016 Steve Martin Prize goes to Rhiannon Giddens
In a surprising twist, the 2016 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music has been awarded to Rhiannon Giddens, founding member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops. Along with banjo scholar and musicologist Dom Flemons, Giddens has been at the