Media

  • Jerry Douglas in Wall Street Journal

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    Barry Mazor just wrote in to let us know that he has published an article about Jerry Douglas in today's Wall Street Journal. Titled Jerry Douglas, Irreplaceable Instrumentalist, the article spends time focusing on Douglas' accomplishments, but also on how his

  • IBMA: Alan Munde

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    While walking around the trade show floor at IBMA last week, I ran across Alan Munde and stopped to chat for a moment. Here's the video. This one is short, runtime is 48 seconds. http://media.libsyn.com/media/thegrasscast/munde.flv

  • The Sunny Side Of Appalachia

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    West Virginia author B. L. Dotson-Lewis has published her third book on the people and culture of the Appalachian region. The Sunny Side of Appalachia: Bluegrass from the Grassroots traces the early days of the music through first person

  • Throw Down Your Heart in Tucson

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    Throw Down Your Heart, the documentary film on Béla Fleck's journey of discovery to Africa to explore the banjo's roots, is set to screen on Thursday (10/9) at the Tucson Film & Music Festival. The film was directed by Béla's brother,

  • IBMA: Kel Audio Interview

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    Here's another video interview from IBMA. This time John interviews Kelly Dueck of Kel Audio. Kelly is a banjo player turned microphone manufacturer. His microphones are in use both on stage and in the studio throughout the bluegrass world. I've got

  • IBMA: Chris Pandolfi Interview

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    Here's another video from IBMA. In this clip, John interviews banjo player Chris Pandolfi of The Infamous Stringdusters. http://media.libsyn.com/media/thegrasscast/pandolfi.flv

  • No Chris Thile at IBMA?

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    Each year when the IBMA Awards nominations are announced, there are a couple of glaring absences in the roll call. For 2008, neither Cherryholmes nor any members of Punch Brothers were nominated, and Punch received only a single nomination, for

  • Cherryholmes interview

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    On Wednesday of IBMA week, John and I took the camera and hit the trade show floor looking for some interesting interviews. The first one we've got to share with you is the Cherryholmes family. The interview was timely as the

  • FiddleFest Radio debuts this weekend

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    A new, weekly bluegrass radio show is set to launch this coming Sunday (10/5) in southwestern Virginia. FiddleFest Radio will air each Sunday afternoon on The Bull, FM 106.1 from Roanoke, VA from 5:00-7:00 p.m., simulcast live online via

  • Dailey & Vincent on Broadway

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    Here's the Dailey & Vincent video we've been promising. This was shot downtown Nashville on Broadway. You'll see the location when you watch the video. The video was shot the night before the Awards show. It includes some fun stuff, some