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Festival of the Bluegrass 2013
This report on the 2013 Festival of the Bluegrass is a contribution from Jim & Valerie Gabehart. Jim shared the review, and Valerie the photos. We have a great many additional photos to share taken...
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MOB scene at Festival of the Bluegrass
Here is a gallery of images that Lexington, KY photographer Estill Robinson shot during this past weekend’s Festival of the Bluegrass. This first batch captures Masters Of Bluegrass on stage, a...
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The Essentials for a Perfect Bluegrass Summer
Well, summer is here, although bluegrass fans know summer starts when you attend your first outdoor bluegrass festival of the season. (You know I’m right!) According to Mother Nature though, today is...
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Telluride 2013 photos
Here’s Jason Lombard’s first gallery of images from Telluride 2013, celebrating the festival’s 40th Anniversary.
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Bobby Slone: A Bluegrass Life
Bobby Slone was born June 13, 1936, in Pike County, Kentucky, and passed away on Monday, August 12, due to rectal cancer. A left hander, Robert “Bobby” Slone was an important member of one of the most...
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Rebel Records announces new Gospel Compilation
Rebel Records has announced the October 22nd release of a new Gospel compilation album, Memories of That Old Country Church (REB-CD-8008). Gospel and sacred music has been an integral part of bluegrass...
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University of Illinois Press Bluegrass E-books
For a limited period only the University of Illinois Press (UIP) is making available in an E-book format three top quality bluegrass titles. Beginning on September 24, the date on which the...
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Darrell Webb to Mountain Fever
Over the past few years, no record label has been more aggressive in signing artists and releasing new projects than Mountain Fever Records. The small, independent label is based in Floyd County, VA...
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Noam et al mashing it in B
For anyone who may have scoffed at Noam Pikelny’s recent suggestion that he has been cramming on J.D. Crowe’s music of late, we offer further proof in the form of this video shot backstage during his...
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More photos from SOIMF 2013
Here’s a second galley of images from The 2013 Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival, taken by Bill Warren.
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The Masters of Bluegrass tour ends December 8
Just over a year ago since their debut at the IBMA Award Show at the Ryman Auditorium, The Masters of Bluegrass – Del McCoury, JD Crowe, Bobby Osborne, Bobby Hicks and Jerry McCoury – will be making...
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Class Act news – BMR and Crowe with The Boxcars
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...
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Keith Whitley Radio Station In The Works
Keith Whitley has long been one of the biggest influences on aspiring bluegrass and country singers. His recordings as a member of Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys and J.D. Crowe & The...
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Paul Williams hangs up his Walkin’ Shoes
Paul Williams, one of the most dynamic and enduring entertainers in bluegrass, has decided to call it a day. Having written a handful of classic songs over his career, which has involved 60 years...
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Jim Mills interviews J.D. Crowe
For fans of Scruggs style banjo playing, there aren’t many pickers more esteemed than J.D. Crowe and Jim Mills. Of course, in a relationship between these two, Crowe would be the teacher and Jim the...
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Benefit concert for Rick Bartley
Kentucky’s Bartley Brothers have been involved in bluegrass since they were youngsters, adding up to more years than they may want to admit. Shayne and Rick have worked with a number of top touring...
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The Boxcars with J.D. Crowe
Here’s a bluegrass match made in heaven, for those of you unable to attended the first annual Five String Fest in North Carolina earlier this month. J.D. Crowe sat in with The Boxcars, and the folks at...
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The Old Friends Are Back!
One of my favorite releases of the past several years has been Old Friends Get Together from J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, and Paul Williams. The successful album served as a de facto tribute to the Gospel...
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Crowe, Lawson, & Williams are still Standing Tall and Tough
Standing tall. A classic idiom we have all heard and probably used. By definition, the phrase means “being proud of yourself and confident in your abilities.” Different from boasting, standing tall...
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J.D. Crowe Tribute Band playing this weekend
Keith Whitley fans in Nashville and northeastern Kentucky are in for a special treat when Don Rigsby and Josh Williams take their J.D. Crowe Tribute Band out for a spin this weekend. The band was...
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