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Mike Scap, a noted guitarist, mandolinist, and fiddler in the 1980s, passed away in Springfield, New Jersey on March 29. He was 60 years of age, and had been suffering from lung cancer. Close followers of the Colorado bluegrass scene knew Mike as the original guitarist with Hot Rize in 1978. Prior to Nick Forster [...]
Thanks to Bob Compere for this batch of photos from last weekend's Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival & Chili Cookoff in Farmer's Branch, TX, just north of Dallas.
Here's the first of what will be several galleries of Frank Baker's photos from last weekend's Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival.
Hot Rize has released a new music video, produced by Mason Jar Music, that finds them masquerading as street musicians in the Big Apple. Our heroes pick and sing one of their songs from the early days, while bemused cityfolk turn into delighted fans. Pete Wernick, Hot Rize banjo man and the writer of this number, Your [...]
Saturday at Grey Fox 2015 had many options for both viewing and participating in activities for folks of all ages, with the normal workshops on all the bluegrass instruments and directed slow jams, but also some less common options like the meditation class, the luthier workshop, yoga class, and Kitsy Kuykendall's Bluegrass Karaoke. And of [...]
One of – if not the – most anticipated albums of the past year was the return of Hot Rize after twenty-odd years with When I'm Free. Since its release in late 2014, the group has embarked upon a popular tour and received a significant amount of airplay with several singles. The album, a twelve-track [...]
Bryan Sutton was born to play the guitar. When it came to a career, he never had a Plan B. Not needed. Clearly. Thursday was Bryan’s day at the 42nd Telluride Bluegrass Festival. He lit up the stage early evening as part of the legendary Hot Rize: deftly delivering tunes such as Western Skies, Blue [...]
The organizers of the 2015 Old Settler's Music Festival in Driftwood, TX shared a number of stage photos taken by John Grubbs. This was the 28th annual event in the Texas Hill Country.
Bluegrass Underground has released a video from their recent taping, featuring a song from Hot Rize's current album, When I'm Free. Hot Rize taped a full set, which will be included in the next season of the PBS program starting this Fall, but here's a look at one song, I Am The Road. [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="62878"] [...]
Here's two new videos from the Hot Rize camp this week. First, an episode of Ask Dr. Banjo with banjo man Pete Wernick, where he talks about the band's adventure in New York City filming a video for A Cowboy's Life with Mason Jar Music. [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="62448"] Followed by the music video in question, [...]
