Nashville's venerable Grand Ole Opry has been broadcasting over WSM radio coming up on 94 years next month, and was a crucial factor in the spread of the early bluegrass music to the rest of the southeastern US from the
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Fast and Troubled video from Dirty Blanket
Dirty Blanket is a modern bluegrass group from the Finger Lakes region of New York, which like many rural communities in the US, is suffering from an opioid epidemic that is wrecking lives and families. Watching the losses their area has
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Front Porch Fellowship wins Radio Impact Dove Award
Last week at the 50th annual Dove Awards in Nashville, Joe and Daniel Mullins received a special honor, the Radio Impact Award, for their work on the syndicated weekly bluegrass Gospel program, Front Porch Fellowship. Joe is the show's host,
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Calling’ Your Name video from The Grascals
Mountain Home Music has just released a music video for Callin' Your Name, the latest single for their current album from The Grascals, Straighten The Curves. The song features the newest Grascal, Chris Davis, on a song written by Larry Cordle
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Buddy Michaels going strong after multiple hospitalizations
Buddy Michaels has been broadcasting on the radio in North Carolina for 45 years. During his career he has worked in many music genres - rock n roll, country, and Gospel - but for 35 of those years, he has
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Two new live videos from The Cleverlys
The Cleverlys have made their career serving as the court jesters of bluegrass, entertaining folks with witty, grassified covers of pop hits with a humorous twist. But a big part of why the joke works is because they are all
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2019 Dove Award winners announced
On October 15 in Nashville, the winners were announced at the 50th annual Dove Awards, honoring the best in Gospel music as chosen by the members of the Gospel Music Association. Awards are give in more than 40 categories for
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Restored Bluegrass Country Soul premiere in Owensboro
We have written a number of times about the project to restore the sole existing 35mm print of the film, Bluegrass Country Soul, originally released for theatrical distribution in 1972. The film, a project undertaken by producer/director Albert Ihde, captured hours
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I Am Just A Pilgrim video from Appalachian Road Show
Here's another music video from the debut album by Appalachian Road Show, released by Billy Blue Records. It's for the final track on their self-titled project, a Gospel classic from the pen of Alfred Brumley, who contributed hundreds of songs
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Triple threat live video from the Steeps, Boyz II Men, and Asheville Symphony
This past weekend the Steep Canyon Rangers packed up a dozen members of the Asheville Symphony and headed to Nashville to meet up with Philadelphia soul legends, Boyz II Men, for the live debut of their new joint single, Be










