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While I often attend bluegrass festivals, it's not often that I'm treated the way I have been this weekend at Chantilly Farm in Floyd, VA. Currently in its 5th year, the Chantilly Bluegrass and BBQ festival is quickly becoming a must-attend for many bluegrass fans in and around southwest Virginia. Their 2015 lineup featuring Junior [...]
The sideman project has become a staple of the bluegrass recording world, in a way that doesn't even exist in most of the popular music industry. Can you imagine Miranda Lambert's bass player expecting her to sing a couple of songs on his solo project, and then including one of the songs in her show? [...]
Junior Sisk has announced that he has ended his long relationship with the Roe Entertainment Agency, and will be representing himself going forward for all live appearances by Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice. His office released a statement earlier today expressing his gratitude for the work Roe had done for him and the band. "Junior would [...]
Thanks to Mike Kelly for this batch of photos from the first Rocky Top Bluegrass Festival in the newly-renamed Rocky Top, TN. Mike says the festival went well, though a rough weather forecast kept the audience numbers down on Saturday. Luckily the storms stayed away until after the show was over.
Junior Sisk has had a rough couple of weeks since his spinal cord surgery on February 12. He came through the surgery just fine, but had a tough few days in the immediate aftermath with pain and swelling. The surgery was to relieve pressure on a nerve that was causing him some pain and discomfort [...]
Junior Sisk is scheduled for spinal cord surgery next Thursday (2/12). He has been diagnosed as having a bulging disc in his neck, which has been causing him pain and restricted mobility in his right hand. That's a big problem for a bluegrass picker! He says that he won't miss any shows, and expects to [...]
The final day of the 39th Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival was kicked off by a north Georgia band call Bluebilly Grit. The Darin & Brooke Aldridge Band Took the stage next. New fiddler, Carley Arrowood is a great fit with the band. Nothin’ Fancy hit the stage wide open to the delight of the crowd. The [...]
As a Bluegrass Today reviewer – not to mention as a bluegrass fan in general - I listen to a lot of music throughout the year. Most of it’s good, some of it’s not so good, but a few albums have been great. There’s twelve months in a year, so here’s my top twelve albums [...]
Chris Burton, a bluegrass musician and songwriter from Roanoke, VA, has released a debut single from his upcoming album. It has a timely theme for this season of the year, featuring a familiar voice and sound. That's because while Chris wrote the song and plays banjo on the track, it features the voice of Junior Sisk. Mountain Hallelujah jumps [...]
I don't know about you, but every year, Thanksgiving ranks higher and higher on my list of favorite holidays. And every year, as Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier, it frustrates me more that Thanksgiving continues to be pushed aside. Thanksgiving is the only major holiday without a strong sense of commercialism attached to [...]
