James Price with Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys (Tucson, AZ, 2003) - photo by Jeromie Stephens The unexpected death of bluegrass fiddler James Price earlier this week caught all of us unawares. The talented and well-loved musician was only
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James Price passes
Noted bluegrass fiddler, and former Clinch Mountain Boy, Jame Price has died today at his home in West Virginia. He was 57 years of age. According to his son, Mason, James went to sleep and never woke up. At this point
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Hair & Hide – George Jackson
The combination of the fiddle and the banjo is one of the world's oldest musical traditions, dating back before the beginning of the Civil War. On Hair & Hide, fiddler George Jackson digs deeper into this tradition by presenting a
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I Can’t Settle Down drops for Laura Orshaw
Brittany Haas, Laura Orshaw, and Jenee Fleenor at Dark Shadow Recording It's triple fiddles all the way down for the intro on Laura Orshaw's newest single from Dark Shadow Recording, I Can't Settle Down. Orshaw, fiddler with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, enlisted
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Hurricane Clarice – Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves
If there are any two individuals fully capable of capturing the vintage sounds of a traditional brocade, it would have to be the duo that consists of Allison De Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves. De Groot, a seasoned picker known for
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California Report: Mandolinist and fiddler Tom Bekeny
Tom Bekeny is another in a pretty deep bench of great Bay Area mandolin players, most of whom aren't as well known as they should be. Tom, an instructor, plays mandolin and fiddle, and is well versed in both jazz
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What’s That You’re Doin’? from Jeremy Garrett
What's That You're Doin'? is the latest single from Infamous Stringdusters fiddler Jeremy Garrett, taken from his upcoming solo project, River Wild, on Mountain Home Music. The whole album is envisioned as Garrett's return to a grassier sound, after a number
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On Her Own – New duet single from Laura Orshaw with Trey Hensley
Dark Shadow Recording has a new single today from Laura Orshaw, a country-style duet with Nashville guitarist/singer Trey Hensley. Laura plays fiddle with The Po' Ramblin' Boys, and this single comes from her upcoming solo project which features her as both
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California Report: Pete Hicks from Central Valley Boys
Pete Hicks is a California multi-instrumentalist who plays fiddle and mandolin and sings in bands in and around the Central Coast and Central Valley. He plays old-school traditional styles for bands such as the Central Valley Boys and Bean Creek,
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Jim Duty passes
Jim Duty, longtime Ohio fiddler and founder of the Open Highway band, died on January 22. He was 66 years of age. Born James S. Duty, Jr, Jim was always especially drawn to bluegrass Gospel music, and wrote many new songs