Author: John Lawless

  • Glenville State students at SPBGMA

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    ETSU isn't the only college sending students from their bluegrass program to the SPBGMA National Convention in Nashville this weekend. Glenville State College in West Virginia is taking a busload from their department, along with some well-wishers and members of the

  • Gospel bluegrass focus starting at ETSU

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    East Tennessee State University in Johnson City has offered a degree program in Bluegrass, Old Time, Celtic, and Country Music Studies for several years now. For maybe two decades before granting the degree, the program existed as a study focus

  • Don’t Know Why video from Robert Mabe

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    Robert Mabe, North Carolina banjo player, singer, and songwriter, has dropped a music video for his latest single, Don't Know Why. It perfectly captures the mid-winter feel of this time of year, as he and the members of his group perform

  • Wes Corbett to Sam Bush Band

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    The Sam Bush Band has announced that Wes Corbett will join the group on banjo. He steps into the spot filled by Scott Vestal this past 15 years. The native of Bainbridge, Washington comes to Bush after an already stellar career

  • Mini-Mon Camp at The Station Inn this April

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    Mandolin Cafe and the Monroe Mandolin Camp have scheduled a two day, weekend mini-camp for mandolins only, billed as a Mini-Mon Camp. It will be held April 4-5 at Nashville's Station Inn, and no... it won't feature a diminutive Bill Monroe

  • Alex Leach Band to Mountain Home

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    Mountain Home Music Company has announced the signing of the Alex Leach Band to a recording contract. The band is dedicated to the preservation of the old time mountain sound in bluegrass, heavily influenced by the music of The Stanley