Things have been moving fast for West Virginia guitarist Jake Eddy. Not many months ago he was an obscure flatpicker, working on bluegrass with his brother around home, and posting videos on YouTube. Last summer, we heard a powerful track he
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Black Mountain Rag from Jake Eddy
We have had occasion to mention young West Virginia flatpick wizard Jake Eddy a couple of times recently at Bluegrass Today. Once at the news of him joining up with the Becky Buller Band, and again about a collaboration he
Goodbye Liza Jane – international collaboration produces new single
An online friendship during COVID-19 shutdowns has led to an artistic collaboration between two sets of bluegrass artists, and a new single release of a favorite bluegrass number. Banjo player Jens Koch and mandolinist Erik Igelstrom, bluegrass musicians in Sweden, got
Becky Buller introduces new bandmates
Becky Buller has announced two new members of her touring group, unsurprisingly named The Becky Buller Band. Regular readers will recall that she lost two bandmates late in 2020, when guitarist Dan Boner left to focus on his responsibilities as
Band-Aid video contest goes bluegrass with Jake Eddy
When you scrape a knee or cut your finger, do you think bluegrass? Well that's what Mary Eddy of Parkersburg, WV did when she learned that Band-Aid was running a video contest. She grabbed up her bluegrass picking sons, Jake and