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In addition to being an award-winning resonator guitarist, Phil Leadbetter was also one of the busiest booking agents in bluegrass prior to his cancer treatments starting in the Spring of 2011. He was the primary agent for J.D. Crowe & the New South while he was a member (and beyond), and had also booked Wildfire [...]
When we caught up with reso-guitar man Phil Leadbetter in Raleigh, he mentioned that he was getting ready to start work on a new album, and that he would have more details to share this week. The word is that Phil will recording soon for his first record since 2005's Slide Effects, which was chosen [...]
The 13th Annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion festival wrapped up on Sunday. After some rain on Saturday, the sun and pleasant temps were a welcome change, obviously helping increase attendance on Sunday. Great weather and outstanding entertainment makes for happy fans. The fans were even happier because the acts on the Country Mural Stage [...]
Special project bands are sprouting all around bluegrass this year. The Masters of Bluegrass have been struttin' it old school with Bobby Osborne, Del McCoury, J.D. Crowe, Bobby Hicks and Jerry McCoury at festivals, and Sideline, featuring members of Mountain Heart, IIIrd Tyme Out, Darrell Webb Band and Lou Reid & Carolina have a new [...]
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with a report on last weekend's Virginia Mountain Music Festival. [jwplayer config="bgtnwm" mediaid="53271"]
Somewhere around the second or third trip through the buffet line, even the best-tasting dishes start losing their appeal. Too much, even of the good stuff, is, well, too much. I couldn’t shake that feeling while listening to the Daughters of Bluegrass box set, Pickin’ Like A Girl. Don’t get me wrong. There are plenty [...]
Bill Warren sent along this gallery of images from a Dale Ann Bradley concert he attended last month in Flat Rock, Michigan.
Continuing on a theme from the past few days, two more prominent bluegrass singers share their thoughts on the impact that George Jones has had on their bluegrass sound. Steve Gulley got his start singing at the Renfro Valley Entertainment Center, before coming to prominence in bluegrass with Doyle Lawson. At Renfro Valley, Steve distinguished [...]
Since its beginnings, bluegrass has been closely connected to Gospel music, with many performers choosing to always include one or two Gospel songs on their records. Entirely Gospel albums have also been quite popular with bluegrass fans. Vocalist Kelley Nelson, a southwest Virginia native who has led her own bluegrass band for the past several [...]
Last winter, at the Herschel Sizemore tribute show in Roanoke, I was hanging out backstage, where some of the biggest names in bluegrass were getting ready to perform. Things were just getting started and a band I’d never heard of was on stage. There was no need to grab the notebook and get to work [...]
