There’s plenty to worry about in the world of bluegrass, if you’re the worrying sort. Even those that aren’t the worrying sort can get that way in an election year, so let’s go ahead and worry. We have the issue of
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Hi-Fi Bluegrass – High Fidelity
Awake, ye lovers of traditional bluegrass music and take heed. For released to you this year is High Fidelity, a young band that plays and sings it in the old time way. Few things are more remarkable to me than a
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IBMA names Hull and Tyminski as 2016 Awards Show hosts
The IBMA has announced that Sierra Hull and Dan Tyminski will serve as the hosts for the 2016 International Bluegrass Music Awards on September 29 in Raleigh, NC. This 27th annual event will be held at the Duke Energy Center just a
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2016 Galax Old Fiddlers Convention winners
The names of the winners in the various competition categories at the 81st annual Old Fiddlers Convention have been posted. The convention ran all last week at Felts Park in Galax, VA. This year's big winners were The Trailblazers from North
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Upper Big Branch Mine hits for The Bluegrass Outlaws
The Bluegrass Outlaws have made a lot of big steps since forming at the beginning of this year. The talented group won the 2016 SPBGMA Band Championship in February, and have now been signed to Wilson Pickin's Bluegrass Promotions for representation. Based in
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Come Back Train video from Trinity River Band
Trinity River Band has just released this live performance video of their current single, Come Back Train, written by Jerry Salley and Cassidy Lynn Alexander. It's a hard-driving barnburner with a heavy emphasis on train sounds. The song has been showing up
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Dennis Jones hospitalized in North Carolina
Popular bluegrass radio host and personality Dennis Jones has been hospitalized near his home in North Carolina. Serving as a regular host on WNCW's Gospel Truth and Goin' Across The Mountain broadcasts each week, he has developed a loyal fan
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A Better Game from Jeff Brown
A Better Game, the first single from the upcoming Union House Records project from Jeff Brown and Still Lonesome, A Distant Horizon, is released today to radio. It's a bluesy number from Scott Patrick and Jeff McClellan, in keeping with Brown's lonesome
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Congratulations Nick and Maegan!
Nick Dauphinais, guitarist with Mountain Faith, and Maegan Michaud were married in Enfield, NH on Saturday (August 13). The ceremony was followed by a reception at the Enfield Shaker Museum. From all accounts it was a beautiful service, which Maegan reports even included
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Georgia Maple – Edgar Loudermilk
To many bluegrass fans, Edgar Loudermilk is likely best known for his solid bass skills, particularly thanks to his long tenure with bluegrass favorites IIIrd Tyme Out. However, over the past few years, Loudermilk has begun to come into his