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Tim Surret, bass player with Balsam Range and IBMA Board Chair, was released from the hospital on Friday afternoon after spending two days in for observation and testing. The band worked a man down this past weekend, giving Tim some time to get his sea legs back under him. He told us that he's feeling [...]
Tim Surrett, bass player with popular North Carolina band Balsam Range, and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the International Bluegrass Music Association, has been hospitalized near his home in western North Carolina. He was taken to the emergency room after complaining of lightheadedness yesterday, and the doctors there discovered that he is suffering from [...]
For a great many musicians and studio folks, Earthworks microphones are known primarily for their reference and choral applications. Recognized for their remarkable sonic accuracy and lack of tonal colorization, these somewhat odd-looking microphones, with their long cylindrical shape and small, elongated elements, have more recently been making their way to bluegrass stages through the efforts [...]
This "power of bluegrass story" comes from Kimberly Williams, bluegrass publicist to the stars, about what she saw during this past weekend's Bluegrass On The Plains festival. Or should we say, a "no power of bluegrass story?" On Friday, June 3rd, the large crowd at Bluegrass On The Plains in Auburn, Alabama was patiently waiting [...]
This article is a contribution from Cindy Faulkner, a writer and bluegrass fan living near Raleigh, NC. After Marc Pruett received a North Carolina Heritage Award recently, I had the pleasure of candidly chatting with him about bluegrass, playing the banjo, and some of his experiences and impressions along life’s way. As soon as he begins [...]
And here is another gallery of Frank Baker's photos from the May 2016 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.
John Driskell Hopkins, bassist with alt-country heroes the Zac Brown Band, has released a holiday album for the 2015 Christmas season. In The Spirit find Hopkins singing a dozen sacred and secular favorites, all backed by the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, and a number of noted harmony and duet vocalists. Long time readers will recall that [...]
A concert is scheduled for November 22 at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC to start production for season 2 of David Holt’s State of Music. The show, created in cooperation with UNC-TV, is syndicated nationally through PBS. Holt hosts, and performs a bit, with top names in old time mountain, folk, and bluegrass music of the [...]
Thanks to Bob Compere for this batch of photos from last weekend's Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival & Chili Cookoff in Farmer's Branch, TX, just north of Dallas.
Last night at the Duke Energy Center in Raleigh, NC, the 2015 International Bluegrass Music Awards were distributed. It was the year of the Earls of Leicester, who took 6 of the 17 trophies, including the coveted Entertainer of the Year. They became so blasé about winning, that Barry Bales cast one to the floor [...]
