Butch Robins, banjo player with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1977 to 1981, has been announced as the 2016 inductee into the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame. The official induction will take place during the Bill Monroe Hall
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Big doin’s at Milan 2016
Friday at the 2016 Milan Bluegrass Festival saw a brief rain shower in the morning, but the sun was shining brightly by the time the first band took the stage. The Crowe Brothers made their first appearance at Milan in
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Live & Local Bluegrass festival in Raleigh
If you've been to the IBMA's World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC, you know that the city does bluegrass proud. In addition to serving as warm and welcoming hosts for the assembled grassers from all over the world, they
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Kristy Cox’s Part of Me
Every once in a while, a music project catches me completely off guard. Kristy Cox’s Part of Me, on Pisgah Ridge Records, is one of those projects, stacking up so far as one of my favorite recordings of the year. Part
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Wimberley Bluegrass Band video tease
The Wimberley Bluegrass Band is a group of four siblings from Orange County, California who play and sing bluegrass music. While all are still young, they are already experienced performers, having worked festivals and shows all over their state and the southwestern
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Two Rivers from Flashback
Flashback, the reunion band featuring former members of J.D. Crowe & the New South from the 1990s, has released a second single from their upcoming debut album to bluegrass radio. This is the group that recorded the Flashback album with Crowe
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Thursday at the Milan Bluegrass Festival
Thursday dawned bright and sunny at the Milan Bluegrass Festival. Ohio band Sugar Creek Bluegrass added the high energy of a group of young siblings to the sunshine. The energy continued with the old time sound of the Wayfarers. Blue Highway
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Brewer clan visits Mapes in TN
While visiting family, and attending the Brewer Family Reunion, Gary Brewer and the Kentucky Ramblers were given a personal tour of the Mapes Piano Wire Company on August 1. Mapes manufactures string wire in Elizabethton, TN and supply all sorts of wire to popular instrument string
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Crooked Road video from Lou Reid
Lou Reid & Carolina have a music video for The Crooked Road, a song on their new Rollin' On CD, written by Ellen Britton and the late Will Hopkins. The song, and the video, celebrate The Crooked Road, Virginia's Heritage Music Trail
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RockyGrass 2016 – Day 1
The 44th annual RockyGrass festival was held last weekend in Lyons, CO. Surrounded by the beautiful Rocky Mountains, fans enjoyed the best in bluegrass for three straight days. These are my reflections and opinions as a first time RockyGrass attendee. RockyGrass!!