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Poor Davey video from Chris Jacobs, with Billy Strings and The ‘Dusters
When Baltimore singer/songwriter Chris Jacobs was ready to record his latest project, One of These Days, he brought on Jerry Douglas to produce, and booked The Infamous Stringdusters as his studio band. Not really a bluegrass artist, Chris has regularly made it part of his sound, appearing on stage with
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Ole Smoky Distillery hosting bluegrass shows this summer
The Ole Smoky Distillery in Gatlinburg, TN, is offering a series of special bluegrass shows over this spring and summer. These are in addition to the regular, daily performances that take place there as matter of course. Almost since they launched their legal moonshine brand, Ole Smoky has associated themselves with
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Lincoln Hensley talks banjos, Sonny Osborne, and trading
Lincoln Hensley with one of Sonny Osborne's vintage Vega banjos Lincoln Hensley is a young man in his mid-20s with an old soul. He loves and plays bluegrass music (with Tennessee Bluegrass Band), endorses for one banjo company and runs another, swaps/trades/collects instruments, antiques, and musical memorabilia. He is truly a
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Carson Peters tackles Bob Seger on Long Twin Silver Line
Fast rising young fiddler and vocalist Carson Peters is up next on the second single, Long Twin Silver Line, from Lonesome Day Records' upcoming bluegrass tribute album of Bob Seger's music. The project is the brainchild of producer Randall Deaton, who felt sure that these vintage rock 'n' roll songs were
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Big Al & Sandy Radio Show goes international
The popular Big Al & Sandy Radio Show, which broadcasts weekly from the Birthplace of Country Music, WBCM Radio Bristol 100.1 FM in Bristol, VA, has been picked up for syndication by CMR Nashville, Europe's longest-running country music station, located in the UK. The show is hosted by Big Al Weekly,
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Amanda Cook Band Opry debut in July
The Grand Ole Opry has invited the Amanda Cook Band to make their Opry debut July 7. Cook, a Florida singer now living in southwestern Virginia, says that they are all well beyond psyched. "We're absolutely thrilled about our upcoming Opry Debut—it's truly a dream realized for all of us. The invitation
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Highway 29 drops for Jack McKeon
Jack McKeon is a singer and songwriter from upstate New York, now relocated in Nashville, who admits that his raising in Chatham is a long...
Banjo NewsLetter office moves to Wisconsin
Banjo NewsLetter, the print magazine dedicated to three finger and clawhammer banjo that was published from 1973 to 2021, has announced a move of their...
Available video from Rebecca Frazier
Nashville guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Rebecca Frazier has just released a music video for her latest single, a clever and humorous song which she jokes...
Bluegrass Beyond Borders: The Langan Band blends Celtic with old time music
The Langan Band pay no heed to any particular parameters, and have maintained that mantra for some 15 years. The band, which consists of John...
Coalmine drops for Wilson Banjo Co.
Pinecastle Records has a new single for Wilson Banjo Co., a band which sounds like it should be a lutherie shop - and it is...
Two recipients named for initial Mason Ruble Memorial Scholarship
We heard yesterday from Wyatt Harman, who is the bass player for the Harman & Ruble Band in St Louis, MO. His good friend and...
