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Edgar Loudermilk has released a first single from his upcoming Pinecastle solo project, Georgia Maple. The song is one he wrote called My Kentucky Home, recorded with his current group, The Edgar Loudermilk Band, featuring Jeff Autry. Edgar is on bass, Autry on guitar, with Glen Crain on reso-guitar, and Zack Autry on mandolin. Have [...]
Doug Sebranek, one of the several founders and promoters of Wisconsin's Larryfest Music Festival, died suddenly on December 31. He was only 52 years old, and succumbed to a suspected heart attack. The festival, sponsored by the Kickapoo Valley Acoustic Music Association, is held in August of each year and is named for Doug's brother, [...]
The official Facebook page of the International Bluegrass Music Association has been maliciously hacked. Someone commandeered the account on Sunday and has removed administrator access for the IBMA staff. In short, the organization is now unable to manage the account, and until they can resolve this issue with Facebook, they have no control over what is [...]
The 40th Jekyll Island Bluegrass festival, hosted by Norman and Judy Adams, kicked off with Volume 5. This group has rapidly become a festival favorite on the bluegrass circuit. The Gary Waldrep band continued its string of consecutive appearances on the Jekyll stage. Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out are always enthusiastically welcomed to Jekyll Island, and this [...]
One of bluegrass music's stalwarts is singer, songwriter and fiddle player Laurie Lewis, a main-stay among Bay Area musicians since the mid-1970s. A lover of the hard-edged style of bluegrass music, she re-enforces that link with her up-coming album, The Hazel and Alice Sessions (Spruce and Maple Music, SMM 1013), due to be released on [...]
