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Chris Jones & the Night Drivers have released a live performance video for their new single, You're My Family Now, on his current Rebel album, Lonely Comes Easy. It was shot at The Laurel Theater in Knoxville TN. Chris tells us that the song has the unique distinction of having been composed by a trio of [...]
Here is the first of several galleries of Frank Baker's images from the recent Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival in Woodstown, NJ.
Greetings Bluegrass Fans, Once again I am forced to remove the dust cover from my Underwood typewriter and report to you a plot so heinous that it caused me to look up the word heinous. First, let me say that I am enjoying my bluegrass retirement—a golden parachute worth $50K per annum from IBMA, in [...]
Today's Bluegrass Weather Report runs from sunny California all the way down to the Bahamas, which beats the heck out of the cold, snowy weather we have here in the Blue Ridge. In fact, our Special Bluegrass Correspondent was snowed in, stuck in a hotel in Johnson City, TN and had to call in our [...]
Dear friends upon the Internet, And Facebook pals I’ve never met, Let us pause in late December To gather ‘round and remember, The year that was two-thousand-twelve, (Old arguments for now let’s shelve). I’d have to say, if I were pressed, Twas not the worst, but not the best. Too many souls gone-on we’ll miss, [...]
Death has crept near and far this week in unspeakable horror, to those we know and to those we hear about. Words are usually my comfort, but this past week has reminded me of the inadequacy of words to express the deepest sadness—the loss of children. I cannot fathom that sadness and I would not [...]
Our guest smarty pants this week has been called the Father of Bluegrass History—okay, I just called him that, but it’s apt. Neil Rosenberg is Professor Emeritus of Folklore at Memorial University of Newfoundland, a chair formerly held by Gandalf. Neil is also one of the few banjo players to win a Grammy, which he [...]
This has been a week that I know a lot of you have faced already: having to put a loved one into hospice care and then watch as—in my case, my mother—slowly, quickly passed away from us. Alpha Mell Stanley Stuart was 98 years old when she died. If you’re wondering about that “Alpha,” she [...]
Patuxent Music has put together a short video with studio footage and interview clips with Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass as they were recording their latest album. The video is set to the title track, The Road Into Town, a coal-mining-country song by Chris Stuart. Here's the video, starring the irrepressible Mr. Paisley. [jwplayer [...]
Today is Cyber Monday, the day that robots everywhere break Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics and take over the world. But while that’s happening, let’s shop! You may have already done your shopping on Black Friday (which started this year on Thanksgiving Thursday) or on Small-Business Saturday or on Dear-God-Make-It-Stop Sunday, but it’s not [...]
