"Bluegrass enthusiasts form a closeknit family of brothers and sisters, brought together by our love of bluegrass music. Last month, we lost a brother, Alan Perdue, when he succumbed to a long battle with cirrhosis of the liver," shared friend
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Jerry Wicentowski is a lucky break from Bay Area showers
The last couple of weeks Northern California has been treated to some much-needed relief from the atmospheric rivers that dumped on the west coast. Jerry Wicentowski & the Wiseman Institute, made up of Jerry plus Bay Area stalwarts Jody Stecher,
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The Madness & The Mandolin
Kelley Gibson is the 23-year old son of Eric Gibson of the award-winning Gibson Brothers, and a talented bluegrass musician in his own right. His father notes that Kelley was, “messing around with little guitars and ukuleles from the time he
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band back to the festivals this summer
One of the more fun outdoor bluegrass festivals early in the season is the annual Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass in Sevierville, TN. Located right along the tourist strip just before you enter Pigeon Forge, this event is put on by
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Wide Open Bluegrass now a free event!
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced this morning that their Wide Open Bluegrass event, held each year at the Red Hat Ampitheater in Raleigh, NC, will become a free festival starting in 2019. Not just the Wide Open Street Festival,
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Timmy Mills passes
The close knit community of bluegrass lovers in southwestern Virginia are devastated today after learning that Timmy Mills died on Sunday after a valiant battle with cancer. He was 52 years of age when he passed. Timmy was among the most
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Station Inn TV available April 3
Most bluegrass fans already know that the Station Inn in Nashville is perhaps the premiere live music venue in the world of grass. With live entertainment 7 nights a week - and some afternoons as well - local residents and
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Norway’s bluegrass connection
It’s always interesting and intriguing to find a connection between America’s rural roots and the culture of other countries. It’s particularly fascinating to find an intrinsic element in the music made elsewhere that has common cause with bluegrass, nu-grass, grassicana
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Welcome Loretta Jo Richards!
Josh Richards, guitarist/vocalist with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, and his wife, Amy, are celebrating the birth of a baby girl. Loretta Jo Richards was born last night, March 6, 2019, at 11:04 p.m. in Jeffersonville, IN. She came into this world at
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Congratulations Charli and Jay!
A great many bluegrass hearts were broken this past weekend when Charli Robertson, fiddler and vocalist with Flatt Lonesome, was wed to Jay Shuler. The couple was married at the Parkway Baptist Church in Trinity, AL, with Charli's dad, Dolton Robertson II, and