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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
A string of dates have been announced for the much-anticipated Sam Bush and Del McCoury tour. It will be just the two of them, legends both, performing as a duo in a number of mid-sized halls in the back half of November. For Bush, it is the realization of a long-deferred dream. “I first saw [...]
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the undisputed home of traditional country music!" declared Brazilbilly’s Jesse Lee Jones, to wild cheers at Robert’s Western World in downtown Nashville on Tuesday night, September 25. As part of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass week, Martin Guitars conducted its annual showcase at the Lower Broadway honkytonk, which was packed to [...]
Tonight (8/22) finds two venues in Music City offering special bluegrass shows. One will be available to anyone with an internet connection, while the other will be limited to folks lucky enough to be in town. At 7:00 p.m. (CDT), Music City Roots will broadcast a special program celebrating the recent Putumayo collection, simply titled Bluegrass. [...]
Sam Bush headlined the main stage at FloydFest on Sunday, and did a workshop on the Virginia Folklife Porch immediately afterwards. I wanted to follow up on some buzz he has posted on his website wherein he exercises his new “rights” as a senior citizen by catching the senior shopper and senior movie days. DF: [...]
Ah... the passage of time. It seems like only yesterday that Sam Bush was a radical young Turk in the bluegrass world. Now he is revered as an elder statesman. Sam makes light of his newly official status as a senior citizen in this latest edition of Sam Bush TV. Happy 60 Mr. Bush!
No beating around the bush. Larry Stephenson’s latest CD is the most surprising and one of the very best projects I’ve heard so far this year. When Larry’s name is on the label, you know just what to expect for your money: Straight-ahead bluegrass with a first-generation feel, a high lonesome tenor that’s among the [...]
On Saturday morning, the town of Telluride had a haziness to it that could only mean that the smoke from the wildfires had penetrated the high peaks, and had somehow made it into the box canyon. Speculating or assuming that the smoke was coming from a fire close to my hometown of Pagosa Springs, we [...]
“No part of nothin’,” Bill Monroe’s famous phrase describing music unworthy of praise just so happens to be the seemingly unusual choice for the title of the new release this month from Alan Tompkins, the president and founder of the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation. No Part of Nothin’ has been a long time coming. Raised in [...]
Reso-guitar sensation Jerry Douglas has a new album set for a June release. Like most of his recent projects, Traveler will feature a mix of his instrumental compositions with vocal interpretations by an eclectic group of singers. And he'll be using a lull in the Alison Krauss & Union Station schedule to tour in support [...]
