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Here's another gallery of images Jason Lombard captured at Telluride this past weekend.
Sam Bush at the Suwannee Roots Revival - photo by Chris Marden Sam Bush, noted mandolinist and vocalist, bandleader, session player, icon and iconoclast, had the chance to focus Wednesday night on his other primary passion - baseball. The long time St. Louis Cardinals fan was invited to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at [...]
Our 2013 MerleFest correspondent, Andy Garrigue, has sent along a number of image galleries from last weekend's event. First up is Sam Bush, with his band, and in the Doc Watson Tribute set, with a few shots of Chris Smither.
The International Bluegrass Music Association has begun to announce the scheduled performers for the 2013 Wide Open Bluegras Festival, their weekend concert event that follows the conclusion of the World of Bluegrass Business Conference and International Bluegrass Music Awards in September. This 2 day festival, formerly known as Fan Fest, will be held in the [...]
Compass Records has just released four digital albums of music recorded during the 2012 season of Music City Roots, a Nashville-based radio and television program airing each Wednesday evening from The Loveless Barn. Each of the four is titled based on loose stylistic groupings of the music featured on the show: GrassRoots, SongRoots, TwangRoots and SoulRoots. Of primary [...]
Banjo man Terry Baucom has a new album coming soon on the John Boy & Billy label. Like his 2011 project, In A Groove, this as yet unnamed record will feature Bauc on the five along with an all-star cast of his bluegrass buddies. Among the buddies are Terry's former Boone Creek bandmates, Ricky Skaggs, [...]
Our friends at The Bluegrass Situation have posted this charming video of Sam Bush and Del McCoury, recorded prior to their debut duet show at The Birchmere back on November 18. It captures the two old friends backstage before the show, and during soundcheck, trading quips and licks all the while. [jwplayer config="bgt" mediaid="50516"] [...]
Whoever came up with the idea for Del McCoury and Sam Bush to leave their bands behind and tour briefly as a duo should become an instant candidate for Bluegrass sainthood. For song after song Sunday night, the dynamic duo blended harmonies and stripped down music – just a mandolin and guitar on all but [...]
It’s been a few years in the making, but the duet tour of Del McCoury and Sam Bush kicks off tomorrow night (November 18) at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. Making stops in New York City on Monday night and Chicago on December 1, the duo will pick things up again after the new year [...]
Del McCoury and Sam Bush are heading to the nation's capital this weekend for a duet show at The Birchmere on Sunday. To help promote the show, they will both be call-in guests on WAMU's Bluegrass Country over the next two days. Sam will be speaking with Katy Daley on Thursday morning (11/14) at 9:30 [...]
