Last month, I was taken by a photo on Missy Raines' Facebook page showing her playing bass onstage at the Birchmere while John Duffey leaned in and chopped mandolin. They say a picture is worth a thousand words but a
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Grassicana chart launches at Bluegrass Today
As any devoted radio listener knows, bluegrass DJs are a diverse group. From hometown stations featuring local bands and keeping it strictly traditional, to stations that play edge-of-grass bands that don’t quite have a genre to describe them, you can
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Larry Stephenson to SPBGMA Hall Of Greats
The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America has announced Larry Stephenson as the 2018 inductee into their Hall of Greats. The organization has chosen one artist or bluegrass personality each year for this career honor since 1984, when
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Summer Brooke now a sideline reporter for ESPN
No... your eyes are not deceiving you. That is Summer Brooke McMahan interviewing Willie Freeman, Director of Basketball Operations at Western Carolina University, on ESPN! On top of being the lead singer and fiddler with Summer Brooke & the Mountain Faith
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Cleverlys’ Facebook video goes viral
When The Cleverly's rolled into the studios of WCYB TV in Bristol, TN last Friday, they just thought they would be performing on live television to promote their show that night at the Paramount Center. The guys did their bit, a
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Winners announced in the Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition contest
The DC Bluegrass Union has announced the winners in their inaugural running of the Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition Contest. After several successful years running a bluegrass song competition honoring the late Hazel Dickens, the Union decided to run a tune contest
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County Sales going out of business
A legendary institution in world of bluegrass and old time music is coming to an end. It was announced in the latest newsletter from County Sales that they would be ceasing operation on January 17, 2018. For more than 50 years
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2017 Red Wine Bluegrass Party report
Over the past decade, the biggest night in Italian bluegrass is the annual party thrown by Red Wine, billed simply as the Red Wine Bluegrass Party. It's a concert put on by the band in Genoa, with different special guests
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Old Settler’s festival wins injunction against Driftwood
The Old Settler’s Music Festival has been held in Texas this past 30 years, close to the state capitol in Austin. They have moved around a bit since the founding in Round Rock, held initially at the Old Settler's Park
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Kenny Baker featured on mural in Jenkins, KY
Folks in Letcher County, KY are mighty proud of Kenny Baker, and all the music he made over his life. Kenny spent more than two dozen years playing fiddle with Bill Monroe, and several more performing with Josh Graves after