Jamie Harper - photo by Lakyn Harper The Grascals have announced that Jamie Harper has joined the group on fiddle. In a not-so-subtle nod to the age of the founding members, they also pointed out the 2024 will be Jamie's 20th
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Jamie Johnson returns to The Grascals
In perhaps the most obvious personnel move in bluegrass history, The Grascals have welcomed back founding member Jamie Johnson on guitar and vocals following the recent departure of Chris Davis. Johnson had been involved with the group going back to their
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Let’s talk with Kristin Scott Benson
If you mention Kristin Scott Benson, you will nod your head and say, “She is the five time IBMA Banjo Player of the year. She plays with the Grascals.” And you'd be right, but she's so much more than that. I
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Late season band member changes go into effect – Jeff Parker, Chris Davis
As the world finishes reopening after two years under a global pandemic, bands are gladly returning to the road playing live shows. New bands and new personnel are popping up as the bluegrass community strives for normalcy following their hiatus. Jeff
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Small Town America drops for Danny Roberts
Mountain Home Music has a new single tomorrow for Danny Roberts, mandolinist and founding member of The Grascals. It's a song he wrote about a common theme in bluegrass music, which gives the song its name, the loss of Small Town
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15 year old Gibson Davis subs for Kristin Scott Benson with The Grascals
Kristin Scott Benson laid her dad, Fred Scott, 84, of Union, SC, to rest this past weekend. One thing that she didn't have to worry over was the shows that she would be missing with her band, The Grascals. Band
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Up All Night – The Grascals
There's something to be said for any group that's been around seventeen years while accumulating ten albums and earning ongoing acclaim and enough awards to fill even the largest trophy shelf. So credit The Grascals with having done just that,
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Up All Night drops for The Grascals
Today marks the official release of the latest album from The Grascals, Up All Night, on Mountain Home Music. And we are happy to share the title track with our readers. Chris Davis, Grascals' guitarist and lead singer on this number,
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Kristin Scott Benson – What the banjo means to me today
Anyone who knows her realizes that Kristin Scott Benson is a musician of the highest caliber, as her multiple IBMA Banjo Player of the Year awards can attest, but also that she is among the most thoughtful and intelligent people
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Track Premiere: Not That Far Along from Bluegrass at the Crossroads
Mountain Home Music Company has released another single from their compilation project, Bluegrass at the Crossroads. Their concept for this album has been to match artists from both the traditional and more contemporary bluegrass communities, in many cases who have