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  • It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Day!

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    Recently released by Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Day! is a generous helping of original music spanning the spectrum of bluegrass styles from traditional to contemporary. Upon listening to Wayne's vocal style, it is apparent that he is not a typical

  • The Grascals Find a Mountain Home

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    The planets seem to be lining up nicely for The Grascals this year. The band is putting the finishing touches on a new album, and the ink is still drying on their one-record deal with Mountain Home. “I think we’re in

  • Charlie Louvin immortalized in film

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    Charlie Louvin —Still Rattlin' The Devil's Cage is the title of a new documentary film released in December 2011. A part of the legendary Louvin Brothers duet with his brother Ira, Charlie lost his battle with cancer last year, but not before

  • Dewel Bullington passes

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    Longtime McCormick Brothers fiddler Dewel Bullington passed away on January 9 at the age of 78. He had spent 55 years working with the McCormicks, with whom he had become a dear and cherished friend. This brief tribute was published on the McCormick

  • Bluegrass Sales Up?

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    Good news has been in short supply for the recorded music industry since the turn of the century. With retailers closing up shop and digital distribution (legal and illegal) eating into label revenues for more than a decade, crying the

  • Lloyd Loar on Antiques Roadshow

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    The Holy Grail of the acoustic stringed instrument world, a 1924 Gibson Lloyd Loar F-5 mandolin, made an appearance on the popular PBS television program, Antiques Road Show this week. Frederick Oster with Vintage Instruments in Philadelphia is right on target

  • Enter Freeman & Williams

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    Freeman & Williams... that sounds like a new duet act, or maybe an ad agency, or legal firm. But it's actually a bluegrass/Americana trio with a new CD set to hit February 7 on Mountain Roads Recordings. The group consists of

  • Grascals to Mountain Home

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    Mountain Home Music has announced that The Grascals have signed with the label, with a new CD due this Spring. They have released this brief video to commemorate the announcement. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K-xEzuiJSI Look for more details shortly.

  • New look for Mountain Heart

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    Mountain Heart has released video of newest member Seth Taylor's first shows with the band. The barely-legal guitarist has just joined up after a stint with Monroeville while still in school. The guys captured footage on stage and behind the scenes as