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  • Academy of Bluegrass – a review

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    Do you live in the middle of nowhere and can’t find a bluegrass teacher? Or work strange hours and need to take lessons at odd times? With the ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass, it’s now possible to improve as a picker,

  • Clay Hess on Kickstarter

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    Clay Hess, guitarist and vocalist with Sierra Hull & Highway 111, is the latest bluegrass artist to take to Kickstarter for crowdsourcing of his new project, Rain. In this case, Clay is looking for his fans and friends to help raise

  • Skip Cherryholmes checks in

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    Skip Cherryholmes asked us to pass along this info about his immediate plans following the dissolution of the band. I've been asked many times by Cherryholmes fans "What are you going to do now?" Obviously I've taken a short break from the

  • Kenny Smith – Return

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    We just heard from the folks at GAT Three Records with word that Kenny Smith's new guitar album, Return, is scheduled to be released later this month. Though Kenny has been recording widely of late with Kenny & Amanda Smith and

  • Pre-war Martin video

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    CF Martin has posted a video that captures an interesting part of the mystique that surrounds their celebrated guitars built prior to World War II. It contains footage shot in 1939 at the old Martin shop on North Street, which was

  • Win a flat top guitar from MACC

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    One of the most beloved events in the annual bluegrass calendar is the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer festival, held in late July near Columbus, OH. Not only does MACC present four days of top flight bluegrass entertainment, the festival benefits the

  • Josh Pickett to Larry Cordle

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    We heard last night from Josh Pickett, with word that he is the new guitarist with Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time. Josh had been performing and recording with Amber Collins & No Speed Limit, and just recently traveling with the

  • Keller Williams auction for tornado victims

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    Jamgrass hero Keller Williams is partnering with the Mimi Fishman Foundation to raise money to assist the many victims of the tornadoes that devastated many areas of his home state of Virginia, and other parts of the southern US. They are

  • Crowdsourcing for David Bromberg documentary

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    Beth Kruvant and Good Footage Productions are at work completing a documentary film on the life and artistic career of David Bromberg. And like so many independent films in the online era, they are using crowdsourcing site indiegogo to attract

  • Jayd Raines to Ralph Stanley II

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    We heard earlier today from multi-instrumentalist Jayd Raines with word about his new gig. He will be the banjo player with Ralph Stanley II, where he will also play some guitar and provide harmony vocals. Jayd has been playing bass with