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When Ben Eldridge and his bandmates in the Seldom Scene followed J.D. Crowe and The New South to the stage at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival on Saturday, fans got to hear more than 100 years of five-string banjo experience back to back. J.D., who turns 75 later this month, is retiring at the end of [...]
Frank Baker has uploaded a big batch of photos from Saturday at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Looks like a full day of music.
We are still awaiting Frank Baker's photos from this past weekend's Gettysburg festival, but Rhonda Vincent sent a couple along this morning. She captured this particularly well-dressed fan at her record table on Saturday afternoon. In addition to the two stage shots below, Rhonda also shared this lovely photo of her dad, Johnny Vincent. She [...]
You might not agree with all of the song selections and artist choices on Putumayo’s Bluegrass Collection, which comes out May 22, but you have to acknowledge that Putumayo founder Dan Storper is getting the music we love in front of a lot of potential fans. Putumayo’s music compilations routinely sell 100,000 copies or more [...]
This week, we celebrate four decades of recordings from one of the most prolific bands in bluegrass music: The Seldom Scene. What started out as a weekly jam session snowballed into one of the most influential bluegrass bands of all-time. Ben Eldridge, John Starling, Mike Auldridge, and Tom Gray began meeting on Monday nights just [...]
Last week we shared the wonderful news that Herschel Sizemore had come through his cancer treatment with a clean bill of health. His wife, Joyce, is still undergoing treatment for breast cancer - as is one of their two daughters. The Sizemores have always lived frugally, and have carefully provided for their later years. But [...]
You never know what songs you’ll hear when the Seldom Scene is playing. Not only is the band entering it’s 41st year – giving the Scene one of the deepest catalogs around – but members regularly add new material to their stage show. I was lucky enough to attend a grand New Year’s Eve tradition [...]
This report is a contribution from Katy Daley, morning host on WAMU's Bluegrass Country, and long-time observer of the DC bluegrass scene. It's appropriate the Scene's 40th Anniversary show was held Thanksgiving weekend, a time traditionally set aside for family and friends. A pre-concert survey revealed audience members had travelled from as far away as [...]
WAMU's Bluegrass Country is celebrating the 40th anniversary of hometown heroes Seldom Scene with a special week of programming, running through November 25. They will be highlighting the group's many recordings, featuring interviews with current and former members, and some archival live audio. Still to come are interviews with John Starling, live audio from both 1980 [...]
The Birchmere is hosting a 40th Anniversary celebration for the much-heralded Seldom Scene on November 26. In what the Birchmere bills as “an evening with The 40th Anniversary Celebration with very special guests Mike Auldridge, Tom Gray and John Starling” America’s legendary music hall honors the band that “made” the original Birchmere venue all those [...]
