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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and The Roys will be performing on the 18th Annual ICM Faith, Family & Country Awards this Thursday evening in Nashville. The awards honor inspirational country and bluegrass music, sometimes described as "positive country," a style that intersects the pop country and Christian music markets. In addition to a bluegrass specific [...]
This review of a new bluegrass on the beach festival in North Carolina is a contribution from Carmen Evans, a life-long music lover in Norfolk, VA. Photos are courtesy of Woody Edwards and Rhonda Vincent. One usually thinks of a bluegrass festival being held in the country or the mountains, but at the Outer Banks [...]
Kevin Triplett with Bristol Motor Speedway sent along a photo of the sign out in front of the racetrack, which pays tribute to Doyle Lawson. The newest member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame is a Bristol resident, and the staff at the Speedway felt that he deserved to be recognized on their marquee.
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the undisputed home of traditional country music!" declared Brazilbilly’s Jesse Lee Jones, to wild cheers at Robert’s Western World in downtown Nashville on Tuesday night, September 25. As part of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass week, Martin Guitars conducted its annual showcase at the Lower Broadway honkytonk, which was packed to [...]
Here it is – the first day of World of Bluegrass and Fan Fest week and folks have arrived from all over the world to take in one of the most popular events on the bluegrass calendar. Between the conference sessions, networking, music-making, after-hours showcases and of course, the big awards show on Thursday, if [...]
My last Album of the Week was Reno & Smiley's Wanted. Toward the end of the article, Joe Mullins highlighted the song Unfaithful One, written by Sid Campbell. He also mentioned how the song appeared on The Bluegrass Album Band's third record, California Connection. (If you didn't look at the title of this article, try to guess what [...]
A few days ago John interviewed Doyle Lawson in connection with Lawson’s induction into the IBMA Hall of Fame. Now Mountain Home Music Co., Lawson’s record company, pays its own tribute to the legendary bluegrass music artist. Mountain Home heralds this well-deserved induction with a near 15 minute selection of rare photographs and videos that [...]
A major highlight of our visit to Pickin' In The Panhandle this past weekend was having the opportunity to chat with Doyle Lawson about his being inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame later this month at the IBMA World of Bluegrass. Doyle is a bluegrass treasure, an icon with few peers in our music. [...]
Bluegrass Today will have a team at this weekend's Pickin' In The Panhandle festival in West Virginia. We will have reports from the festival, with photos and video updates, starting Friday afternoon. The fest offers two stages of music (three on Saturday), with an all-star lineup throughout. Both Friday and Saturday evenings they will also have [...]
Doyle Lawson rose slowly to his feet, humbly taking off his trademark hat in response to the thunderously spontaneous applause that threatened to lift the Loveless Barn just outside Nashville off its foundation. It had just been announced that he was being inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, the pinnacle of a [...]
