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We finally caught up with Tara Linhardt, who spearheaded yesterday's successful Guinness World Record attempt for the largest mandolin ensemble at the Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax, VA. She tells us that while they made it over the top, beating the previous record of 383 with 389 mandolinists yesterday afternoon, it was a close run [...]
Frank Baker was on the ground this past Saturday (7/14) at the 17th annual Bluegrass on the Grass festival, held on the campus of Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. We'll post Frank's images from Dickinson over the next few days, starting with this gallery taken from Saturdays' sets by Nora Jane Struthers.
... always a teacher. At least that's what they say. Having been raised by parents who were teachers - and having done a fair bit of teaching myself - I know how close to the surface the pedagogic impulse lurks. You can see the same thing in this video from former elementary school teacher Nora Jane [...]
Nora Jane Struthers, Bearfoot's sultry lead singer, is using Kickstarter as a crowd sourcing tool to raise funds for an upcoming solo project. She tells us that she has a core group of songs written, and is working now on arrangements. I caught up with Nora Jane yesterday, and she filled in a few details [...]
With just one day lacking before the release of their American Story CD on Compass, Bearfoot has dropped the 7th video in their 8 Days of Bearfoot promotion. This time we are treated to Billy, a live a cappella number in which Nora Jane Struthers explains why she ain't the marryin' kind. It's the penultimate track [...]
Bearfoot has just released an online video, highlighting a recent visit the band made to both an elementary and high school in Gillette, Wyoming this past February. The group was created in Alaska some years ago as a result of just such a program. Original members Jason Norris and Angela Oudean met while teaching at [...]
Bearfoot spent a day last week shooting a new music video for Nora Jane Struthers' song, Tell Me A Story, from their upcoming Compass Records album, American Story. Struthers plays guitar and sings with the band, with Angela Oudean on fiddle, Jason Norris on mandolin, Todd Grebe on guitar and P.J. George on bass, banjo [...]
Bearfoot is giving away two free tracks on their Facebook page, both from their upcoming album, American Story, scheduled for an October release on Compass. Well, one is a track from the CD (When You're Away), and the other is a live cut of Eyes Cast Down, a song that Bearfoot vocalist Nora Jane Struthers [...]
I had the good fortune to hook-up with the members of Bearfoot on Friday when they performed here in Roanoke. The band let me crash their pre-sound check dinner for an interview, and I was able to catch the first part of their show that evening. This group has come a mighty long way in [...]
This post is a contribution from Mike Reed, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. You can see his profile here. On Wednesday night, while wandering the halls at the late night showcases, I stumbled upon a band playing in a small room, to a small crowd, playing without any amplification at all. While some bands [...]
