Author: John Lawless

  • Greg Moore to Hillbilly Gypsies

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    West Virginia's Hillbilly Gypsies have announced the addition of Greg Moore to the band on fiddle. Founded by the husband-and-wife team of Trae and Jamie Lynn Buckner, the Gypsies have been working the bluegrass festival circuit in the southeastern US for

  • Gillis Brothers ride again?

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    It would seem that we will soon be seeing The Gillis Brothers from Georgia on stage again, though they won't be performing under that name. John Gillis, who worked with his brother Larry for several years in the 1990s as The

  • Tim Surrett hospitalized for testing

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    Tim Surrett, bass player with popular North Carolina band Balsam Range, and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the International Bluegrass Music Association, has been hospitalized near his home in western North Carolina. He was taken to the emergency room after

  • Banjo spot open with Carolina Blue

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    Carolina Blue is on the hunt for a new banjo picker. The Brevard, NC-based band plays contemporary bluegrass with a focus on the traditional side of the street. Their current banjo man, Seth Rhinehart, is stepping aside to focus on his work

  • Coming Home video from Lucky Lips

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    Lucky Lips isn't like your average bluegrass group. To start with, they're called Lucky Lips, plus they're fronted by vocalist Malin Pettersen who is given to appear on stage in pink hair, and they're based in Oslo. That's in Norway. They perform original

  • Hi-Fi Bluegrass – High Fidelity

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    Awake, ye lovers of traditional bluegrass music and take heed. For released to you this year is High Fidelity, a young band that plays and sings it in the old time way. Few things are more remarkable to me than a