Bluegrass mega star, fiery flatpicker Billy Strings, is making news in his home state of Michigan, but not for the sold out shows he puts on all over the country. According to Crain's Grand Rapids Business, Billy has provided financial backing
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Sagebrush Continuum – Alex Graf
Though Brooklyn native Alex Graf began his musical journey as a jazz guitarist, he's more recently moved into the bluegrass and acoustic realm. Graf's debut release, Sagebrush Continuum, is a collection of tunes centered around Alex's flatpicking and improvisational sensibilities. The opening track, Rock
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1682 from Shawn Lane and Richard Bennett
Veteran bluegrass singers and instrumentalists Shawn Lane and Richard Bennett have released a new single, the third for what will be their second duo album for Bonfire Music Group. The two also perform together when their schedules coincide, Lane's with Blue
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The Sideman Steps Out – The Adam McIntosh story
We are all accustomed to seeing Adam McIntosh on stage with Joe Mullins as a Radio Rambler. He also has a solo album set for release this year from Billy Blue Records. But how much do you know about his
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Jake Goforth to Edgar Loudermilk Band
Jake Goforth photo © G. Nicholas Hancock Good things are happening for Edgar Loudermilk in 2024. Just after receiving the Bass Player of the Year Award at SPBGMA, he announced that he is adding a new guitarist to his band in
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Thompson introduces new D-EIS limited edition guitar
Preston Thompson Guitars in Sisters, OR has announced a very special new model, the D-EIS-PKT, built in limited numbers in honor of their late founder, and to mark the 10th anniversary of their facility in Oregon. Thompson, who passed away in
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Church Street Blues to be reissued in hi-def
Craft Recordings has announced an April reissue of Tony Rice's Church Street Blues, the flatpick guitar maestro's only true solo project, originally released in 1983 by Sugar Hill Records. The album found Tony in fine voice, accompanying himself on guitar,
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Paris remembers from Discovering Tony Rice, by Bill Amatneek
The Bicentennial Bluegrass Band, aka, The Keith Unit, Paris, France 1977 (Tony Rice, Bill Amatneek,Bill Keith, David Grisman, Darol Anger) - photo © Patrick Ciocca Noted west coast bass player and bluegrass chronicler Bill Amatneek has made one of the vignettes
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Cary Morin releases finger style version of Whiskey Before Breakfast
Montana fingerstyle guitarist Cary Morin has a new album, Innocent Allies, set for release next month, with a single dropping today, his arrangement of the familiar fiddle tune, Whiskey Before Breakfast. Cary started out as a flat picker, studying bluegrass guitar,
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Online guitar workshop with Jake Workman
Jake Workman with Ricky Skaggs at the 2023 Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival - photo by Nate Dalzell Jake Workman, the superb flatpick guitarist with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, will be offering a four-week online course on bluegrass guitar next month through