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  • Steve, Earl and the New Yorker

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    Steve Martin continues to take the banjo and bluegrass music to places it would likely not otherwise be found. On The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog on Tuesday, Martin used his position in the arts community to pay homage to Earl

  • Cumberland River on Justified tonight

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    This evening (1/17) marks the season debut of Justified on the FX television network. The show has been discussed several times at Bluegrass Today as its theme and soundtrack have incorporated bluegrass music since the program first launched in 2010. Prominent

  • Letters From Camp: Day 2

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    Jim Gabehart is journaling his time at the Pete Wernick Dr. Banjo Advanced Banjo Camp this week. I'll admit I was hoping I'd get a chance to say this honestly, but I awoke this morning and logged on to check the weather and thought

  • Niall Toner to Pinecastle

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    Irish bluegrass singer and songwriter Niall Toner has signed with Pinecastle Records, with a new project set to coincide with Toner's US tour in the Fall of 2012. Niall made quite a bit of noise with his single, William Smith Monroe,

  • New Honors for Eddie Adcock and Tom Gray

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    Bassist Tom Gray and banjo picker Eddie Adcock, who have long careers in bluegrass since their trailblazing days with the Country Gentlemen in the 1960s are this year’s winners of the Washington Monument Award from the D.C. Bluegrass Union. They’ll pick

  • R.I.P Kelley Gibson

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    Our condolences to Eric and Leigh Gibson and their families following the death of their father on Saturday. Unless you lived near him in upstate New York, you probably didn’t know Kelley J. Gibson. But if you’re a fan of the

  • Letters From Camp: Day 1

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    Hello mudder, hello fadder, here I am at, Camp Granada (RB3, Top Tension, take your pick). The last week-long camps I attended were spent on a cot in a tent, where I learned to be Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous,