Bulagrian bluegrass songstress Lilly Drumeva has a new CD on Polysound Records. Lovin' You was recorded in both Bulgaria, with her band Lilly Of The West, and in Czech Republic, where she recorded with Czech grassers Monogram. The album features covers
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Top 10 Bluegrass Albums of 2009
It seems everyone has a list of their favorite albums from 2009. It was a good year for bluegrass recordings. PopMatters, which bills itself as "an international magazine of cultural criticism" published their top 10 list, and it's not bad.
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Josh Williams – Down Home
Over the past few years, bluegrass and independent labels have been adopting a policy long employed by the mainstream record companies of not releasing new titles in the latter parts of each year. They correctly presume that media folks are
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Darrell Sanders and Larry Stephenson – a Virginians reunion
We got a note recently from Aaron Kilmer, sound tech with West Virginia's Stoney Creek. He shared a story about Darrell Sanders, the band's banjo picker, and his reunion earlier this month with Larry Stephenson with whom he had performed in
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Charlie Daniels suffers a mild stroke
We just received this information from the publicists for Charlie Daniels, fiddler, country rocker and major friend to bluegrass music. Legendary recording artist Charlie Daniels suffered a mild stroke while snowmobiling in Colorado on Friday, Jan. 15th. He was treated
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Separated at birth – part 2
Last month, we published a post called Separated at birth? which highlighted the similarities between a number of bluegrass stars and other celebrities. We received a number of suggestions from you, our readers, for other bluegrass/celebrity look-a-likes. We've finally tracked
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Darol Anger joins Berklee faculty
Darol Anger, who first came to the attention of the bluegrass and acoustic music worlds through his work on fiddle with the original David Grisman Quintet, has been named as an associate professor at the Berklee School of Music. Since his
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Ricky Skaggs on bluegrass hair
The Washington Post Clik Track blog had a piece last Friday (1/8) on bluegrass hair, and who better to discuss it than Ricky Skaggs. This was actually an offshoot of a more serious discussion about the future of country music, and
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LRB reunion show at The MAC
Lonesome River Band is one of bluegrass music's longest running touring acts. They recently completed 28 years recording and performing under that name, serving as a proving ground for some of today's most celebrated bluegrass artists in the process. Adam Steffey,
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Andy Hall – new EP and signature Meredith guitar
Andy Hall, resophone with The Infamous Stringdusters, is starting the New Year with a bang. He has released a new EP, Aquifer, and has just announced the debut of a signature model resophonic guitar built by Tooter Meredith. The setting for
