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Class Act Entertainment has announced the signing of Blue Moon Rising to their talent roster. The East Tennessee-based band is headed by singer/songwriter Chris West on guitar, with Tony Mowell on mandolin, Rusty Ferrell on banjo, and Brandon Bostic on bass. Class Act will now be representing them exclusively for live performances. Mike Drudge with [...]
The 2014 Grammy nominees were announced on Friday evening. In the midst of the cavalcade of glitzy stars was news of the all-important Best Bluegrass Album. And the nominees are: It's Just A Road - The Boxcars, Mountain Home Brothers Of The Highway - Dailey & Vincent, Rounder This World Oft Can Be - Della Mae, Rounder Three Chords [...]
The Bluegrass Ramble has been a popular new addition to this year's IBMA World of Bluegrass. Here are some pictures from around Raleigh during Wednesday's Bluegrass Ramble.
Here's a look at the first two days of Red, White & Bluegrass from Bill Warren. More to come as the festival continues through this week.
Here is another gallery of photos taken by Estill Robinson during last weekend's 2013 Festival of the Bluegrass in Lexington, KY.
It's difficult to name a band that is more all-around talented than The Boxcars. Band members have numerous IBMA and Grammy Awards, and have shared the stage with most of the top names in bluegrass. Their first two releases as a group helped earn them two consecutive IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year awards. Their [...]
John Bowman - fiddler, banjo picker and tenor vocalist with The Boxcars - has re-released his 2010 solo project, a bluegrass Gospel album called Family Chain. It is available now from his web site. Until coming off the road in 2006 to teach school, John was an active touring musician. He spent time as a member of [...]
As a former schoolteacher, John Bowman was “just so struck with grief” by the news that 26 people had been killed by a shooter at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., in December. “It just hit me in the gut,” recalled the fiddle player for the Boxcars. John decided the best way he could help [...]
The Boxcars, two-time and reigning IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year, have recently completed recording for their next project, due this Spring from Mountain Home. The band's even more lavishly award-winning mandolinist, Adam Steffey, suggests that if you enjoyed their first two albums, this one will be to your liking as well. "We tracked the [...]
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with a look at this weekend's festival weather report, along with a heads up about some other important events coming your way in 2013. [jwplayer config="bgt" width="450" height="258" file="https://bgt.builtlikeclockwork.com/wp-content/uploads/v1/bgwreports/nybgwr.m4v" image="https://bgt.builtlikeclockwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bwr_vid.jpg"]
