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Mountain Heart lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Josh Shilling has released his debut solo effort, Letting Go, a self-produced 6-song, EP CD. Shilling readily admits that this isn't a bluegrass record, but more of a singer/songwriter album showcasing his bluesy roots. Prior to joining up with Mountain Heart, Josh worked the east coast music scene with [...]
Just where did Mountain Fever recording artists, leading traditional Canadian bluegrassers and late-night bear hunters The Spinney Brothers come from anyway? 2011 brought these genial Nova Scotians to the attention of traditional bluegrass fans in the USA. Banjoist Rick Spinney makes no bones about it that IBMA has been a tremendous springboard once the band [...]
We have written a number of times about the four year degree in bluegrass which is now available at East Tennessee State University. The folks at ETSU are understandably proud of getting state approval for this degree program, and have crowed a bit about it being the first of its kind. But in fact, the [...]
Balsam Range has posted a blooper reel from recent videos they have shot for their new fan site, Balsam Nation. If you are a fan of the band - or just get a kick out of video bloopers - you'll get a chuckle out of this.
This brief post and photos are a contribution from Japanese bluegrass artist Kaz Inaba. He wrote to share news about his festival, The Kazuhiro Inaba Bluegrass Camp. To American ears, that would sound like a workshop weekend, but KazCamp was a music fest. I’d like to let you know that The First Annual Kazuhiro Inaba Bluegrass [...]
