Another successful infiltration for bluegrass music... We heard recently from Brandon Green, lecturer and band director in the ETSU Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music program, about a music camp in West Virginia where he teaches. It's called the Coda Mountain
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Submissions solicited for Bluegrass Country’s live WOB broadcasts
For the past five years, WAMU's Bluegrass Country has lugged hundreds of pounds of gear from their Washington, DC studios to the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville to broadcast live each day during the IBMA's World Of Bluegrass. This year, they'll make the
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Heart of the Country – Chris Brashear
The title of roots musician Chris Brashear’s latest album certainly reflects the songs he has included on it. Heart of the Country is a collection of thirteen tunes celebrating the rural parts of America and the people who make their
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Photos from Willow Oak
Thanks to Laura Tate Ridge for this fine gallery of photos from the Family Style Bluegrass Festival, held late last month at Willow Oak Park in Roxboro, NC.
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Ronnie Bowman to Likely Culprits
Nashville-based bluegrass/acoustic country act, The Likely Culprits, has brought in a new member. Ronnie Bowman will be playing guitar and singing with the band, stepping in for Ashby Frank who has signed a six month contract with Carnival Cruise Line to
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Introducing Rachel Burge and Blue Dawning
A few months ago we covered the break-up of West Virginia's No One You Know, who had announced their dissolution at the end of the 2012 season. They had recorded two albums, most recently Calm Before the Storm, released on Mountain
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Bluegrass Weather Report 5/11/13 – More ugly mandolins
Our Special Bluegrass Correspondent talks about the Doyle Lawson festival, and our Ugly Mandolin Competition.
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Dailey & Vincent’s Brothers of the Highway
It's been over four years since bluegrass superstars, Dailey & Vincent have released a "regular" album. That doesn't, however, mean they've been dormant. Since 2009's Brothers From Different Mothers, their last bluegrass album for Rounder Records, they have released three
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Houstonfest 2013 photos
Houstonfest is a small but growing festival now in its third year, dedicated to the memory and example of banjo prodigy Houston Caldwell, who died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 18. Caldwell dedicated his life to song
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Gospel album this year from KRACE
Kevin Richardson & Cutting Edge, known to their fans as KRACE, are heading into the studio next month to start work on a second recording. Like their self-titled debut in 2012, this next album will focus on new material written within