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Check the Bluegrass Weather Report for this weekend, with John Goad. This week we focus on the last show from J.D. Crowe & the New South at The Birchmere. [jwplayer config="bgt" width="450" height="258" file="https://bgt.builtlikeclockwork.com/wp-content/uploads/v1/bgwreports/crowedar12812.m4v" image="https://bgt.builtlikeclockwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/weather12_7_vid.jpg"]
This gallery of photos from last weekend's South Carolina State Bluegrass festival are a contribution from Laura Tate Photography.
With the elections in their final stretch in the US, it seems like a good time to poll our readers for a vote on a chief executive of our beloved bluegrass music. Which of these bluegrass icons would earn your vote? Feel free to write in your own candidate. Take Our Poll
J.D. Crowe's decision to retire from active touring at the end of 2012 has had a number of ripple effects within the bluegrass world. Among them has been the end of a defining bluegrass institution, The New South. For nearly 40 years, Crowe led his group through inevitable personnel changes while helping launch the careers [...]
We just heard some wonderful news from Tom Adler about a well-deserved honor coming later this year for J.D. Crowe. "I'm truly pleased to announce that the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has designated banjoist/bandleader J.D. Crowe as one of the recipients of an honorary doctorate. The Doctor of Arts degree will be conferred [...]
Bluegrass First Class has long been considered among the top destination events on the festival calendar for bluegrass fans. Held in February each year, the BFC offers a respite from the winter's bluegrass isolation at a "first class" indoor resort, for what many think of as the opening of the festival season each year. But [...]
Straight-ahead bluegrassers may recall Richard Bennett’s Tony Rice-like work from his years spent with J.D. Crowe and the New South, where he was featured on the stellar Flashback record. Now, having recorded three solo projects with Rebel Records and performed with the likes of Mike Auldridge and Jimmy Gaudreau over the past few years, Richard [...]
Another exciting development this week is the formation of a super all-star special project band, billing as Masters of Bluegrass. It includes Del McCoury on guitar, Bobby Osborne on mandolin, J.D. Crowe on banjo, Bobby Hicks on fiddle, and Jerry McCoury on bass - legends each and all. They performed a week ago during the [...]
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 [...]
Ever hopeful in a recession, many businesses are gearing up for sales up to Christmas and beyond. Among the delights becoming available is the 2013 Bluegrass Calendar published by Bluegrass Productions of Virginia. The 2013 edition, the 22nd in all, focuses on bluegrass music in Nashville with a dozen full-color pictures by one of the [...]
