When folks around Nashville talk about who the next up-and-coming star may be on the bluegrass horizon, one name that always comes up is that of Jaelee Roberts. The young singer, songwriter, and fiddler is just in her first year
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Sonotone – boutique strings for the discriminating professional
Anyone who plays acoustic stringed instruments, and fretted instruments in particular, is familiar with the feeling that "they just don't make them like they used to." Especially those of us old enough to recall the times when prominent factory builders
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Happy Birthday Carl Jackson
Today, Carl Jackson, two time grammy winner and three time IBMA award recipient, celebrates his 66th birthday. The only son of Lee and Ruby Pearl Jackson of Louisville, MS, began his musical career as a teenager picking banjo for Jim
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Remembering Brown Loflin
A large crowd gathered on Monday afternoon inside the music hall of Denton FarmPark, home of the Southeast's Old Threshers' Reunion, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver's Bluegrass Festival, and the Country Christmas Train. They weren't there to be entertained, but came
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Alani Sugar – one take on the future of bluegrass
Alani Sugar with Che Apalache and friends at the Hill Center in Washington, DC - photo by David Morris I saw the future of bluegrass the other night, just a few blocks from the nation’s Capitol. It was in the form of
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Phil Leadbetter – 5 time cancer survivor!
Phil Leadbetter, renowned resophonic guitarist and all-around bluegrass personality, is one of the rarest creatures known to man. In addition be being among the most amicable and kind hearted people you would ever meet - and an extremely talented musician -
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Hudson Bosworth to Nick Chandler and Delivered
North Carolina's Nick Chandler and Delivered has announced their newest member, Hudson Bosworth, who joins the band on guitar. Hudson is another example of the talent being developed in the Bluegrass, Old Time, Celtic, and Country music program at ETSU, and
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Victor Furtado wins 2019 Steve Martin Banjo Prize
Victor Furtado at The Prism Coffehouse (left) - photo © Gary Alter Victor Furtado, a fresh, contemporary clawhammer banjoist, has been awarded the 2019 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. At 19, Victor is the youngest recipient of
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Rhiannon Giddens for Mike Seeger and Smithsonian Folkways
Not long before he passed in 2009, noted folklorist and archivist Mike Seeger embarked on what was to be his final trip collecting songs and tunes among the Appalachian mountains he called his home. Mike had dedicated his entire professional
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Iconic Wall Street bull attacked by banjo wielding man
On Saturday, a Texas man used an all metal banjo he had fabricated to vandalize the iconic Charging Bull, a bronze sculpture that has been on display in New York's financial district since 1989. The bull was a gift to