Jeff Scroggins & Colorado playing in a barn turned venue from the middle ages in Ravensburg in a picture captured by Kalia Yeagle This report from the ongoing Bluegrass Jamboree tour is a contribution from Tristan Scroggins, mandolinist with Jeff Scroggins &
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Jamie Johnson using music to aid in addiction recovery
2018 Jamie Johnson family Christmas portrait, with Santa Former Grascals’ frontman Jamie Johnson is using his music talents to help addicts on the road to recovery. It was just a few years ago that the lead singer was living the bluegrass
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Rhonda and Alison featured on Dolly Parton soundtrack
Nearly 60 years into a celebrated career, Dolly Parton has released her 5th soundtrack album for a major motion picture. This time it's for Dumplin', a Netflix original film based on the 2015 best-selling young adult novel of the same
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Jesse McReynolds home after latest hospital stay
Jesse McReynolds returning home from the hospital (11/29/18) Bluegrass mandolin icon Jesse McReynolds is home again after yet another brief hospital stay. He has been forced to endure several such visits over the past 14 months, dealing with infections that resulted
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Ricky Skaggs scalds the CMAs
Back on November 14 at the 2018 CMA Awards, Ricky Skaggs showed the country music world what we in bluegrass have known for 45 years. To wit, that he is among the most gifted entertainers ever to grab a guitar
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Millennial adaptations of bluegrass standards
We love to make fun of millennials; you know, with their selfies of their own wedding proposals, their own baptisms, and their own gas station fill-ups; their inability to perform labor-intensive tasks like coal mining or voting. But of course
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2018 Red Wine Party report
Red Wine perform at their 2018 Bluegrass Party - photo © Stefano Goldberg Our Italian friends with Red Wine hosted their annual Bluegrass Party in their home town in the northern seaside city of Genova. Mandolinist Martino Coppo sent along this report
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New faces with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
As we move into the official holiday season, we also enter the end of the bluegrass touring season. Though many acts will continue to perform through the month of December right up to New Years, many others begin to slow
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Cindy Baucom – 35 years in bluegrass broadcasting
April 14, 2018, marked the 35th anniversary of bluegrass radio personality Cindy Baucom’s first day “on-air,” in a radio career that has developed exponentially during that period of time. Now she is one of the most easily recognized voices in
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A reminder – donate to help CA fire victims replace their instruments
Before compassion fatigue and the holiday shopping season gets the better of us, perhaps now is a good time to visit the GoFundMe page set up by the California Bluegrass Association to help victims of the many wildfires in their