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As the bluegrass genre grows to include more and more offshoots in the mind of the average consumer, traditionalists can be found grousing about the dilution of the art form, or the importance of maintaing definitions and categories. But while they grumble, traditional bluegrass is alive, well and growing along with the more modern types [...]
Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers will welcome new bass player Randy Barnes into the band when they make a return visit to Nashville this Saturday to play the Grand Ole Opry and the Station Inn. Barnes is a bluegrass veteran of many years, working most recently with Marty Raybon and Audie Blaylock. His career [...]
Here's still another gallery of Frank Baker's images from the August 2013 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.
“There'll be guitars and fiddles, Earl Scruggs and his banjo too Bill Monroe singin' out them ol' Kentucky Blues Ernest Tubb's number Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right At the Grand Ole Opry ev'ry Saturday night” Grand Ole Opry Song, Jimmy Martin It’s an appearance nearly all bluegrass and country artists dream of, from the [...]
When Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers rolled into Butte, MT for a show this past Sunday at the Montana Folk Festival, they discovered that they were sharing the bill with The Birmingham Sunlights from Alabama. Both were scheduled for the Sacred Harmonies workshop, and Joe tells us that their meeting turned out to be a [...]
Here's a look at the first two days of Red, White & Bluegrass from Bill Warren. More to come as the festival continues through this week.
Two more bluegrass artists have checked in with their thoughts and reflections on the passing of George Jones. First up, five-time IBMA Male Vocalist of the Year, Russell Moore. "George Jones is a legend...not only in country music, but in probably every genre of music. His 'crying' vocal delivery, when spinning tales of sorrow, heartache, [...]
Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers are proud to announce the single release of Some Kind Of War from their highly successful project They're Playing My Song on Rebel Records. Written just over a year ago by Country Music Hall Of Fame member Bill Anderson, Some Kind of War speaks of the very relative topic [...]
In 1998, a team of bluegrass all-stars who reawakened the world to the sounds of traditional bluegrass were the big winners at the IBMA Awards Show. Bringing home Recorded Event of the Year and Song of the Year honors that year, Longview ruled the world of traditional bluegrass in the late-nineties/early-two thousands. Fifteen years later, [...]
This weekend in Centerville, OH, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers will be performing at a special event, one that is very close to Joe's heart. They are on a twin bill Saturday with Alternative Strings, an extra-curricular music program for students in the Centerville school system, grades 8-12. The program is the brainchild of Doug [...]
