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We're all seeing year end lists of every sort this week. We have a few of our own. Maybe at the end of 2014 we can publish a Top 10 list of Top 10 lists. Most of these represent the subjective reflections of the various authors, and lots of people enjoy reading them, myself included. [...]
The 2014 Grammy nominees were announced on Friday evening. In the midst of the cavalcade of glitzy stars was news of the all-important Best Bluegrass Album. And the nominees are: It's Just A Road - The Boxcars, Mountain Home Brothers Of The Highway - Dailey & Vincent, Rounder This World Oft Can Be - Della Mae, Rounder Three Chords [...]
While we don't keep an eagle eye on the country music scene, sometimes we do find our beloved bluegrassers popping up in what Nashville dishes out. The new video from singer Laura Bell Bundy occasions just such a discovery. In promoting her current single, Kentucky Dirty, Bundy wanted some real Kentucky bluegrass to be pictured [...]
The 44th Annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards show, hosted by Amy Grant and Kirk Franklin, took place recently (Oct 15) at Lipscomb University's Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Among the winners are ............ Dailey & Vincent with The Gospel Side of Dailey & Vincent (Rounder Records) [Bluegrass Album]. The Little Roy & Lizzy Show [...]
Jim Lauderdale and Sam Bush at the IBMA Awards nominations - photo © Alane Anno Photography "Good evening, music lovers!" effused Sam Bush, to a packed-out barn of bluegrass fans and industry folks who'd gathered at the Loveless Barn just outside Nashville last night (August 14) for a special edition of Music City Roots, the [...]
Perhaps the biggest change for World of Bluegrass in Raleigh for 2013 is the city's scheduling of a major downtown street fair to coincide with the weekend Wide Open Bluegras Festival during IBMA week. Wide Open Bluegrass is a ticketed event, with performances from Doyle Lawson, Steve Martin with Steep Canyon Rangers, Seldom Scene, Dailey [...]
Tonight's (7/18) edition of Bluegrass Nights at The Ryman featuring Dailey & Vincent will be broadcast live on Bluegrass Junction, channel 61 on the Sirius XM satellite radio network, and on Nashville's legendary WSM radio. The show begins at 6:30 p.m. (7:30 local time in Nashville). Subscribers can listen on their satellite receiver, online at siriusxm.com, [...]
Bill Warren is at RudyFest this weekend in Grayson, KY, and sent along a few photos from the first two days' stage shows.
The line-up for each of the Springer Mountain Farms Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman for 2013 has been announced. The annual summer fair of bluegrass music at Nashville's famous Ryman Auditorium begins this evening, June 20, and continues weekly on Thursdays through to July 25. First on the stage where it is claimed that bluegrass music [...]
A pair of bluegrass acts on opposite ends of the stardom spectrum have announced new representation this week. Dailey & Vincent can plainly be described as superstars in bluegrass music, with album sales, awards, and touring success to back it up. Sleepy Man Banjo Boys are just getting started in their music careers, but the [...]
