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Lonesome River Band at the 2024 Remington Ryde Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The Remington Ryde Bluegrass Festival has finished its 2024 run. MC Arlin Bradford kept the show moving while new promoter Larry Efaw's crew worked hard to

Singer, guitarist, producer, and composer Beppe Gambetta was born in Genoa, Italy, but his influences reflect a variety of world influences, including those of both European and American origin. Gambetta's new album leans decidedly towards the latter, and with special

Larry Stephenson Band at the 2024 Remington Ryde Festival - photo © Bill Warren Thursday dawned bright and sunny at Grange Park in Centre Hall, PA. The day's show opened with open stage performances by three family groups. Then Corey Zink brought on

Authentic Unlimited at Spirit in the Bluegrass 2024 - photo courtesy of the festival June 6-8 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the first Festival of the Bluegrass at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The original festival began in 1974 at

The Country Gentlemen Tribute Band at the 2024 Remington Ryde Festival - photo © Bill Warren The Remington Ryde Festival kicked off Wednesday afternoon in Centre Hall, PA with Arlin Bradford handling the MC duties. Larry Efaw and his family work

In 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic, master banjoist Tony Trischka spent his time studying rare recordings of his hero Earl Scruggs informally jamming with the great John Hartford in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Though Trischka

Williamson Branch at the 2024 Charlotte Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The 52nd Charotte Bluegrass Festival has come and gone. The running joke for many years is that it always rains at Charlotte, but it held off until early Sunday

Calvary's Chosen, 1st Place Bluegrass Gospel Band at Abingdon Fiddlers' – photo © G Nicholas Hancock One hundred seventeen contestants braved the heatwave to compete in the 3rd Abingdon Fiddlers’ Convention this past Friday through Sunday at the Washington County Fairgrounds

With 24 albums under her belt, one would think Laurie Lewis would be more widely known by now. However that lack of greater recognition outside of the acoustic world is by no means her fault. Although her musical orientation has

This review is a contribution from our friend, Ted Lehmann, and first appeared on his blog. We thank him for sharing it with our readers. Craig R. Evans grew up in a solidly mid-western family surrounded by a striving father and