Kentucky's Laurel River Line is set to release their second CD, On Down The Line, later this month and have a debut single to share in advance. Randy Jones, mandolinist with Lonesome River Band, produced the project which contains 13
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Alan Jackson books the Station Inn
In-the-know Nashvillians and fans of bluegrass worldwide know that the place to go in Music City to see and hear live grass is the venerable Station Inn, located on 12th Avenue South, just below Broadway. Since 1978, the small club
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Take my preacher (or my Congressman)… please
This was the column I was hoping to get someone else to write for me. It was the one that was supposed to deal with the issue of politics and/or religion in stage MC work. I called some pretty reliable friends
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Blue Side of the Moon – Blue Moon Rising
Although they have been through numerous personnel changes in just over a decade as a band, Blue Moon Rising has consistently released albums full of well-written modern traditional bluegrass tunes. With their latest album (their sixth as a band), Blue
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New representation for Leroy Troy, Al Batten and The Hillbenders
A number of bluegrass acts have announced new representation this past few weeks. Appalachian musician and humorist Leroy Troy is now being booked by Hootenanny Publicity, run by Danny "Hootenanny" Clark, formerly with the International Bluegrass Museum in Owensboro, KY. Danny
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John Miller medical fund and guitar giveaway
Some of John Miller’s bluegrass friends have started a fund drive to help him deal with the financial costs of fighting cancer and not being able to perform for a while. The idea grew out of discussions between Mike Conner, who
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Walking Song – Ron Block
Ron Block is what you might call a complicated artist. If you pick the five, you probably see him as the powerful banjo player with Alison Krauss & Union Station. Guitarists think of Ron in that role with AKUS, as
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More from RockyGrass ’13
Here is another look at RockyGrass 2013 from Shannon Turner.
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Bluegrass Weather Report 7/30/13
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with the Bluegrass Weather Report for this week, focusing on the Osborne Brothers Festival in Hyden, KY.
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Donna Ulisse’s Gospel Collection
Anyone who is new to sweet-singing songwriter Donna Ulisse is in for a treat when listening to her new Gospel collection, I Am A Child of God. Regular fans, on the other hand, might feel a bit of déjà vu