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The opening track of Junior Sisk's new album, Poor Boy's Pleasure, kicks of with a moonshining song. I know! I'm as shocked as you are. Sisk, the bluegrass pride of Franklin County, VA is among the most renowned vocalists in our music, and has been turning out powerful recordings of hard-driving traditional bluegrass for the [...]
Bill Warren wasn't the only only covering the 2016 Charlotte Bluegrass Music Festival last week in Michigan. Public television station WGVU sent Patrick Center to cover the festivities for the station's Newsmakers program. Center spoke with Wes Pettinger, who promotes the festival, and several of the performers about their fascination with bluegrass music. The show is clearly meant to [...]
Edgar Loudermilk has announced a winter bluegrass concert series to keep the music ringing at Jaemor Farms in Alto, GA, the site of Edgar's Bluegrass Farm Jam Festival in April of this year. The Barn at Jaemor Farms can seat just under 250 people for intimate shows and Edgar has booked one a month on a Friday night [...]
The legendary bluegrass music listening venue in Alexandria, Virginia, The Birchmere, passed its 50th anniversary on April 4. Initially, the bar, with a capacity of between 150 and 200 seats, was located in Shirlington – just down the highway from the Pentagon - and served beer and fried food. In 1981 owner Gary Oelze moved [...]
Friday dawned sunny and warm for an ideal bluegrass festival day at the 2016 Charlotte Bluegrass Festival in Charlotte, MI. A group of young siblings calling themselves Sugar Creek Bluegrass opened the show. They range in age from seven to twenty from the Columbus, OH area. The Spinney Brothers returned for day two and provided [...]