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As part of their ongoing mission of professional development, the International Bluegrass Music Association has scheduled a songwriters webinar for July 11 entitled "How to Co-Write Songs (and still remain friends)." Even songwriters with many years of writing behind them can be a bit apprehensive about entering into writing partnerships. How does the process work? [...]
Becky Buller has been a busy bee most of her professional life, playing, singing and writing songs with a variety of groups. For 10 years she performed with Valerie Smith, and has also been featured on recording as a Daughter of Bluegrass. Her songs have been recorded by Rhonda Vincent, Josh Williams, Doyle Lawson, IIIrd [...]
Darin & Brooke Aldridge are bringing in one of bluegrass music's rare triple threats in Becky Buller, announced yesterday as the newest member of their band. In addition to her demonstrated skill as a fiddler and vocalist, Becky is a strong songwriter, something that any band is delighted to find. And she has papers, having [...]
The next installment of the Bluebird in the Bluegrass songwriter series will take place next Thursday, September 13, at the Bluebird Café in Nashville, TN. The concept behind the series is to shine a spotlight on our bluegrass tunesmiths, while also raising money for the IBMA Trust Fund which supports musicians in need. There will be [...]
Pinecastle has released a single from the upcoming Nail By Nail album, due October 30 from Nu-Blu. This will be the North carolina-based band's first all-Gospel project. Martha and Mary is a retelling of the familiar Bible story, written by Becky Buller and Nancy Cardwell, and sung by Nu-Blu's Carolyn Routh. Radio programmers can download [...]
Valerie Smith has announced the departure of her long-time musical partner, Becky Buller. For the past decade Becky has played fiddle and banjo, provided lead and harmony vocals with Valerie's band, Liberty Pike, and both wrote and co-wrote much of the material they recorded. In a statement, Val shared these thoughts... "After 10 years of [...]
Valerie Smith and her producer, fiddler and vocalist Beck Buller take us for a visit through the facilities of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, where they recorded the tracks for their next two albums, Blame It On The Bluegrass. Next two albums you say? Smith is releasing the 12 new songs in a pair of [...]
We told you in February about Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike recording their next album at the International Bluegrass Museum in Owensboro, KY. The band was serving an artist in residency at IBMM, and after teaching workshops and playing shows at area schools during the day, they would record at the museum in the evenings. [...]
This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us. Becky Buller was born in St. James, Minnesota. At the age of 10, she enrolled in some Suzuki method violin classes and began performing with her parents in [...]
Valerie Smith has announced this morning that bass player and vocalist Rebekah Long has joined as the newest member of Liberty Pike. Rebekah had been performing as a member of The Little Roy & Lizzie Show, along with her twin sister, Lizzie Long, and Little Roy Lewis. She is a recent graduate of Nashville’s School [...]
