Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper's upcoming CD release, Tall Fiddler, has been generating quite a bit of excitement and anticipation in the bluegrass world. That's because fans understand that anything from Michael will be chock full of his fiery bow work
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IBMA announces their 2019 Industry and Momentum Awards nominees
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced this morning the nominees for its two remaining awards categories for 2019. The Industry Awards are given to those whose crucial work in our business often goes unnoticed by fans and followers, and the
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New band, new album, new publicist for Junior Sisk
Junior Sisk has been wowing audiences all summer with his new band, which now includes Heather Berry and Tony Mabe on vocals, with that same lonesome mountain bluegrass sound that first catapulted Junior to attention in the late 1990s. But it's
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Sound Biscuit Records launches in Sevierville
Dave Maggard, owner and operator of the Sound Biscuit Studios in Sevierville, TN, has announced the launch of his latest venture, Sound Biscuit Records. Maggard, who has a long history supporting bluegrass and acoustic artists with both studio engineering and live
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Gary Trivette to Nick Chandler & Delivered
Nick Chandler & Delivered have announced that Gary Trivette is the newest member of the group, playing bass. They play a driving style of traditional, North Carolina bluegrass, and record for Poor Mountain Records. Grassers will recognize Gary for his several
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47th Annual RockyGrass report – Lyons, CO
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers at RockyGrass 2019 - photo by Kevin Slick One of my favorite historical figures is the legendary designer Charles Eames. He said, "The details are not the details. They make the design." I find this
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Tim Stafford talks Somewhere Far Away
Over the past 25 years, I doubt if I have more regularly anticipated something as much as a new Blue Highway CD. Ever since their first release in 1995, It's A Long Long Road, this group has introduced new classics
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Dick Laird passes
Dick Laird, whose 60-year run in bluegrass included a stint with Jimmy Martin, died Monday at his home in West York, PA. He was just two weeks short of his 75th birthday. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer. “It’s just devasting.
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Introducing Greg Blake & Real Country
Greg Blake, five times SPBGMA Guitarist of the Year, nominee for IBMA Male Vocalist of the year, and long time member of Jeff Scroggins and Colorado, has a new band called Real Country. Greg, originally from West Virginia and now
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Renfro Proffitt passes
‘Renfro’ Proffitt, cross-picking guitar stylist and one-time member of Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Mountain Boys, passed away at the Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, Kentucky, on Thursday, July 25, 2019. He was aged 69. Troy Leen ‘Renfro’ Proffitt, born on July