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Early country stars, the Delmore Brothers were huge influences on not only bluegrass and country music, but blues, folk, rock and roll, and more. The Delmore Brothers received a long overdue Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association in 2014, recognizing their lasting impact on bluegrass music. In order to celebrate the legacy [...]
Happy Halloween! The day where we not only tell kids it's OK, we actually encourage them to accept candy from strangers. Once again, no child is getting any candy from me this year until I find one wearing a Larry Sparks powder blue suit, a pair of Doyle Lawson’s fancy boots, or Del McCoury's hair. [...]
If you get a good look at Darrell Webb, he doesn't appear to be old enough to have spent 20 years working professionally in bluegrass. In fact, he won't turn 40 until later this month, and got his start touring with Lonesome River Band back in 1994 when he was 19 years old. It was a [...]
In the 1990s, there was a very popular sound in bluegrass featuring smooth male vocals and a polished, contemporary sound. Ronnie Bowman was perhaps the prime exemplar of this style. The projects he recorded, both with Lonesome River Band and on his own, contained a mix of his original songs and bluegrass classics, set off [...]
If you missed Alan Jackson and his all-star band last night on The Late Show with David Letterman - or just want to watch it again - the video is embedded below. He performed Blacktop from his current release, The Bluegrass Album, with Tim Crouch on fiddle, Rob Ickes on resonator guitar, Sammy Shelor on [...]
Alan Jackson at The Station Inn (8/28/13) - photo by Colin Peterson Last night, I had one of Nashville's hottest passes in hand – a ticket to see country superstar Alan Jackson make his debut bluegrass music performance at the Station Inn. As I waited in line for the doors to open, I spoke with [...]
WSM radio in Nashville has announced that they will broadcast Alan Jackson's debut bluegrass show next week from the Station Inn. It will be available live on AM 650 and via online audio streaming on Tuesday, August 27 at 10:30 p.m. (EDT) - 9:30 local time. This will be the first in what are expected [...]
Country music mega-star Alan Jackson has been threatening to cut a bluegrass album for the past few years, dropping hints in interviews and tantalizing the substantial crossover between country and bluegrass fans. When he brought Alison Krauss in to produce his 2006 project, Like Red On A Rose, there was speculation that the CD might [...]
With Dustin Pyrtle hopping aboard the Quicksilver Express, Grasstowne is pleased to announce that Blake Johnson is their newest member, playing guitar and singing lead. Blake lives in Roxboro, NC and has been playing guitar since he was ten years old. His musical upbringing is a familiar one in the bluegrass world. He got his [...]
Nashville-based bluegrass/acoustic country act, The Likely Culprits, has brought in a new member. Ronnie Bowman will be playing guitar and singing with the band, stepping in for Ashby Frank who has signed a six month contract with Carnival Cruise Line to perform onboard their ships. The group includes a number of Music City professionals who get [...]
