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This week the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville hosted Ricky Skaggs as an artist-in-residence. Given his prominence in both bluegrass and country music, the museum sponsored two nights of shows: one celebrating Skaggs in each genre, with fellow superstars joining him on stage from each slice of the discipline. Emily Hester, Media [...]
This past Saturday (October 26, 2013) was a red letter day for Del McCoury First he had a road named after him and then that evening, he celebrated the 10th anniversary of his membership in the Grand Ole Opry, his induction having taken place on October 25, 2003. McCoury had a five-mile stretch of North Carolina [...]
It's Halloween, and all of the little ghosts and goblins are going to be knocking on neighborhood doors with a list of demands which we so easily meet. Most costumes these days require a lack of effort or creativity. There's too many Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus costumes and not enough bluegrass star costumes. Anyone [...]
ATO Records has announced November 5th as the official release date for Divided & United, a two-disc set commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. This hearty thirty-two song collection features the best in American music. Drawing from country, bluegrass, and Americana music, this has been one of the most-anticipated albums of the year in roots [...]
Well, folks, The Del McCoury and has done it again. Honestly though, would we expect anything different? The Streets Of Baltimore, the band's first all-bluegrass release of original material since 2009's Family Circle, reminds us why we love Del & The Boys so well. Potent songs and powerful picking, matched with Del's other-worldly voice, are [...]
Bluegrass fans were able to experience some of the best traditional and not-so-traditional music September 6th & 7th as Mumford and Sons' Gentlemen of the Road tour stopped in Guthrie, OK. While most casual music fans were excited to see Mumford as well as Alabama Shakes and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, others were [...]
A new album from The Del McCoury Band is due next week, called Streets Of Baltimore. We'll have a review soon. Download purchases are enabled now, as are pre-orders for autographed copies of the CD. Follow this link, and scroll to the bottom of the page for details. Have a taste in the widget below, [...]
Here's another set of Frank Baker's photos from the 2013 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival in Woodstown, NJ.
Regular readers will recall our earlier coverage of mandolin icon Herschel Sizemore and his recent bout with cancer. Both he and his wife Joyce received cancer diagnoses the same day in October 2011, his in the tonsil and hers in the breast. Fortunately, medical treatment in both cases was successful, and the Sizemores are both [...]
Here is another look at RockyGrass 2013 from Shannon Turner.
