The two top manufacturers of high quality musical instrument flight cases, Calton and Hoffee, have announced plans for a merger. Calton, whose molded fiberglass cases are made in Austin, TX, and Hoffee, who make their carbon fiber cases near Chicago,
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Josh Bergmann of High Lonesome – bluegrass without biceps
Colorado is a state that as many know has a thriving bluegrass scene. From Hot Rize to the Yonder Mountain String Band, many of the genre's well loved artists originated in that area. One of the newer bands in that
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The Cards You’ve Been Dealt from Lydia Hamby
Independent bluegrass artist Lydia Hamby, from east Tennessee, has also released a single this month, one she wrote and sings called The Cards You've Been Dealt. She is a recent graduate of the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Roots Music program
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Knee Deep in Bluegrass drops for Ashby Frank
Knee Deep in Bluegrass is a Terry Baucom banjo instrumental through and through, complete with the punchy pull-offs, perfect timing, and powerful tone that are so undeniably the Duke of Drive's. Ashby Frank re-cut the Bauc original with his own jamming
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New faces this year in Backline
Two new members have come onboard for Backline, the contemporary bluegrass group from South Carolina based around the singing and songwriting of Katelyn Ingardia. Katelyn tells us that they had a couple of players leave over the winter. "Jacob Connor, our mandolinist,
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Runaway Traveler – new single from Chandler Beavers
Chandler Beavers - photo © Chelse Warren / OpenHeadTakesPhotos West Virginia mandolinist Chandler Beavers has a new single on offer, the first since his 2023 album, 4:09. Beavers works these days as a member of rockin' jamgrass band Alabaster Boxer, and with
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Henry Burgess to Rick Faris Band
Singer, songwriter, and bandleader Rick Faris is continuing his bluegrass youth movement with the hiring of 17 year old mandolin wunderkind Henry Burgess, from Guthrie, OK, for his band. Raised under the tutelage of his father, Greg Burgess, a fiddler with
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Mandolin Store raffle to benefit Glen Duncan
The Mandolin Store in Lebanon, OH, among the most celebrated and dedicated retailers of mandolin family instruments in the world, is hosting a special raffle this month with proceeds to benefit noted bluegrass fiddler and songwriter Glen Duncan, who is
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Wyatt Ellis unveiled… young mandolinist proves his proficiency
It's all too easy to refer to Wyatt Ellis as a prodigy of sorts, given the fact that he started playing music as a child of ten and now, he's releasing his debut album, Happy Valley, at the tender age
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California Report: San Diego mandolinist B.K. (Nick) Nicholson
Nick Nicholson and Desperado Bluegrass B.K. (Nick) Nicholson is a San Diego based singer-songwriter who plays mandolin in two Southern California bands, High Mountain Road(HMR), and his band, Desperado Bluegrass. He is a multi-instrumentalist who not only enjoys band work, but