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Samuel John Mougin was born on October 12 at 12:30 p.m. (CDT) to Jana and Stephen Mougin in Nashville. Stephen and Jana are both musicians, with Stephen currently working as guitarist with Sam Bush, and as a free lance producer and session player. Jana was the bass player and lead singer for Fragment, a very [...]
One of the things that IBMA promotes heavily is education---the music, and about the music business. To that end they have a wide variety of seminars throughout the week on topics ranging from the technical side of the music ("New Developments in Live Sound Technology"), to personal well-being ("Weight Management and Diabetes Prevention on the [...]
Flatpicking Bluegrass is the latest CD from FGM Records, the label branch of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. The CD features 12 flatpicking masters on 12 traditional bluegrass numbers. These are all vocal tunes, no instrumentals here. According to Dan Miller, publisher of FGM, the goal of the recording was to highlight the role that can be [...]
Steal The Blue, the seventh recording from Canadian fiddler/vocalist April Verch, was released independently on January 20. Verch has been known for some time for her fiery fiddle playing - winning her multiple championships - and her energetic live performances, which showcase her precision step-dancing as a regular feature. Over the years, the focus has [...]
Sometimes you hear about a CD and excitement starts to build as you anticipate hearing this new music from musicians you enjoy. When you finally get a chance to hear the CD, you've built up an expectation that no recording can live up to. With Let's Do Something, I had heard rumors of the project, [...]
Megan Lynch sent along details about her two 2009 FiddleStar instructional camps, held in Ridge Top, TN - just north of Nashville. The adult camp is scheduled for April 30-May 9 and, in addition to Megan, will feature legendary fiddler Bobby Hicks as guest instructor. Stephen Mougin will offer a vocal workshop over this same [...]
Another CD we received at IBMA that we haven't yet mentioned is Now I'm Lonely from Cages Bend. It's a release well worth your attention, and we had held off posting about it on Bluegrass Today until online distribution was in effect. The band is based in Nashville, and fronted by the husband/wife duo of [...]
Not long ago we brought you a story about Stephen Mougin playing in Slovakia. The tour is done, Stephen is back in the states and on the road with Sam Bush again, but he sent us some reflections on the state of the bluegrass scene in Eastern Europe. Stephen tells us the concerts, in which [...]
Stephen Mougin, of the Sam Bush Band, just emailed in to let us know that he is currently visiting Slovakia and doing a number of shows with friends while there. He played last weekend with the band Fragment. Fragment has toured several times in the US and features Steven's wife Jana on bass and vocals, [...]
