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As we mentioned on Monday, today is the day when Sam Bush fans worldwide get their first peek at Revival: The Sam Bush Story, the upcoming documentary film that chronicles the life, career, and artistic impact of the Bush man. Filmmakers Kris Wheeler and Wayne Franklin have assembled archival footage with newly-conducted interviews and concert footage [...]
No chronicling of contemporary bluegrass could be complete without the story of Sam Bush. From a fiddle contest champ in the '60s, to his time with Bluegrass Alliance in the '70s - and the launch of New Grass Revival - to Strength In Numbers and Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers in the late '80s, [...]
Andy Flynn covered the first ever Bluegrass Jam for the Lake Placid News, and shared this article which they published. Like many cities that have hosted Olympic events, Lake Placid now is seeking new ways to make use of the Olympic facilities left behind for the good of the local community. He writes this from [...]
Though parole had been consistently denied for the past 40 years, today John A. Brown, convicted in the 1973 murder of Dave "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife Estelle, was granted parole and is set for release from the Tennessee prison system. His initial sentence had been for 198 years. Before previous parole hearings, Nashville's country music [...]
The last set of the night at the Red Hat Amphitheater on Friday, at Wide Open Bluegrass, was heaven. Billed as the Wide Open Jam, that was a rather modest description. It was the pinnacle. It was a fine Loar, or a fine pre-war Martin. It was as good as it gets. Period. Maybe that [...]
The New York state Olympic Regional Development Authority is stepping back into the music business, announcing that the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, which headquartered the 1980 Winter Olympics, will host a Bluegrass Jam concert on Oct. 25 featuring 10 bands, including several of the nation's top bluegrass acts. In what's being called the first-ever Lake [...]
Last weekend I was absolutely overjoyed to participate in the four day experience that was Lockn’ Music Festival (year two) in Arrington, Virginia (between Charlottesville and Lynchburg). Everything at Lockn’ was titanic, from the “interlocking” main stage (which enabled seamless and immediate transitions from one artist to the next) to the phenomenal talent that filled [...]
Darin & Brooke Aldridge have offered up a sneak peek from their next recording, a driving version of the old time favorite, Get Up John, with cross tuned mandolin from studio guest, Sam Bush, in the Monroe style. [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="59617"] Though no date has been given, a new project is expected soon from [...]
Starting this Fall semester, the Renaissance Bluegrass Band at Bethel University will be directed by Stephen Mougin. Known for his work as a private instructor, band coach and producer, Mougin (or Mojo as he is called) also plays guitar with the Sam Bush Band, and runs his own studio and record company, Dark Shadow Recording. Bethel, [...]
These photos from Oregon's Northwest String Summit were taken by Todd Powers.
