Wednesday at the Charlotte Bluegrass Festival saw the debut of the Southeast Michigan Bluegrass Music Association's “instrument petting zoo.” The “kids of all ages” ranged from a few months to – let’s just say well past a few months! SMBMA has had
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Mile Twelve at Club Passim video
Club Passim is a venerated acoustic music club just across from Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. It is run by a membership-funded, non-profit arts organization which keeps the small, intimate setting largely as it has been since the basement location
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IBMM groundbreaking June 23
After several years of planning and fundraising, the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY is ready to break ground for their new facility along the Ohio River in downtown Owensboro. A ceremonial groundbreaking is scheduled on June 23 at noon with
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I Know Better video from The Grascals
Mountain Home Music has released an in-studio music video from The Grascals, showing the band recording the first single from their current album, and then there's this. For my money, perhaps the hottest new song in bluegrass so far this year is this
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Heat Of The Fire from Flatt Lonesome
Mountain Home Music has released a first look at the footage captured at a live taping with Flatt Lonesome at the Historic Isis Dinner Theater in Asheville, NC this past April. The band staged the special concert event April 28 and invited all their fans to come
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Angel Of The Evening video from James Reams
James Reams continues to release music videos from his current album, Rhyme & Season. The album is a concept piece, with all the songs looking at various issues relating to homelessness in the modern world. Some tracks look at the problem
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IBMA accepting Board of Directors nominations
Have you ever considered getting more involved with the International Bluegrass Music Association, the only trade organization dedicated to bluegrass music and the business of bluegrass? If so, now may be the right time to act. The IBMA is seeking candidates
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O’Connor Family Coming Home August 5
Rounder Records has announced August 5 as the release date for Coming Home, the debut album from the O'Connor Band featuring Mark O'Connor. For Mark, who dominated US fiddle competitions as a teen in the 1970s, he's coming home to the music that
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Drinkin’ Alone video from The Steeldrivers
The SteelDrivers have just released a new music video for Drinkin' Alone, one of the tracks on their current album, The Muscle Shoals Recordings. It's a song written by former 'Drivers lead singer and current county 'it guy,' Chris Stalpenton, along
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Dog Days from The Railroaders
Dog Days is the name of the first radio single from The Railroaders, one of the newest groups to hit the bluegrass scene. It's a song from Patrick Robertson, a contemporary bluegrass number that tells the classic story of a loner with










