The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced this morning the addition of a new honor among its annual International Bluegrass Music Awards. Starting in 2019, professional members of the organization will be able to vote for Bluegrass Drummer of the Year. Both
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John Duffey’s Bluegrass Life: Featuring the Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene, and Washington DC
John Duffey is one of the biggest characters in the 70-year history of bluegrass music, larger than life; physically imposing with a voice that covers the whole range required for the four standard vocal parts, and a style of mandolin
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Photos from Wintergrass 2019
Daniel Mullins was on hand with his camera during the 2019 Wintergrass Festival last month in Bellevue, WA, and shared these images from the stage show.
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New look for Nick Chandler & Delivered
Nick Chandler & Delivered has two new faces in the band this season, helping Nick bring his western North Carolina bluegrass to the stage in 2019. Chandler has led the group since 2005, delivering his solid mandolin playing plus his talent
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Hudson Bosworth to Cane Mill Road
Cane Mill Road has announced the addition of Hudson Bosworth to the band on bass. He steps in for Eliot Smith, who has left to attend luthiery school in Boston. Bosworth is currently a student in the bluegrass music program at East
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Lincoln Hensley to The Price Sisters
Bluegrass fans are quite accustomed to seeing young performers on stage. There's a special thrill that comes from watching artists at the early stage of their careers providing the sort of musical entertainment you expect from seasoned professionals. And so it
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Mac Wiseman remembered by his peers
Mac Wiseman, among the last of the original era bluegrass artists, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2019. Born Malcolm Bell Wiseman in Crimora, Virginia, on May 23, 1925, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame
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Track Premiere: Haggard from The Grascals
Who doesn't love Merle Haggard? And good ol' dogs... and Harley Allen? The latest single from The Grascals gives you all of that, plus the superb singing of guitarist John Bryan, with Haggard. It's the true story of a rescue dog that
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Jeff Scroggins & the Scroggdogs
I recently got wind of a new project with Jeff Scroggins, leader and banjo player from Jeff Scroggins and Colorado (JSCO). Jeff is assembling a new band with a host of youngish California bluegrass talent including Scott Gates and members
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Broke Mountain Bluegrass Band reunion at Telluride
There was a moment during the summer of 2003 when thousands of bluegrass fans who were gathered in a canyon along the St. Vrain River of Lyons, Colorado, collectively drew in their breath and realized that they were witnessing greatness.