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bluegrass

Imelda May

July 5, 2010

I recently made my 13th annual pilgrimage to Telluride for the 37th Telluride Bluegrass Festival. As always there was a mind blowing medley of bluegrass and other great acoustic (and some not so acoustic) acts. While I always love the seeing the standard cast of characters (i.e. Sam Bush, Tim Obrien, Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, [...]

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The Belleville Outfit

September 30, 2008

Another ACL 2008 spoil was the Belleville Outfit. They’ve got sort of an old time bluegrass swing sound that is chock full of roots goodness. Not to mention their fiddle player is drop dead gorgeous! I can’t wait to see them in a more intimate setting.

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[mp3] Sam Bush & Jorma Kaukonen High Sierra Workshop 6-30-2000

October 27, 2007

I love it when two musicians from completely different musical backgrounds come together and play music. This performance by Sam Bush and Jorma Kaukonen from High Sierra Music Festival on June 30, 2000 could be what influenced Jorma to record Blue Country Heart which is a masterpiece of roots blues and country featuring Jorma, Sam, [...]

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Cherryholmes

October 6, 2007

Cherryholmes is a family bluegrass band featuring two generations of smokin’ pickers. Based out of Arizona, Cherryholmes has performed on the Grand Ol Opry and received the best new bluegrass band of the year at last years IBMA awards. They’ve got five albums and are currently recording on Skaggs Family Records label. Check them out:

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Infamous Stringdusters – Four Days of Infamy

September 28, 2007

The Bluegrass Blog has posted an excellent documentary about The Infamous Stringdusters called Four Days of Infamy. Produced by String Theory Media, Four Days of Infamy gives insight into the daily life of the ‘dusters as it follows them through a tour of Colorado this past March. You can stream the documentary in its entirety. [...]

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34th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival

July 22, 2007

Last month, the 34th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival was amazing and hosted one of the best lineups in years including Los Lobos, Alison Krauss, Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet (featuring the angelic Sharon Gilchrist), Guster, Greensky Bluegrass, Jackie Greene, Yonder Mountain String Band, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Chris Thile, Sparrow Quartet [...]

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South Austin Jug Band Covers Beck’s Jackass

April 30, 2007

Check out this very cool homemade video that the boys from the south of Austin put out. What a cool Beck cover. Its as if the song was written to be played on bluegrass instruments which doesn’t surprise me because Beck has very traditional influences.

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Tony Rice And Bluegrass Journey

March 27, 2007

I was reading over at the Fretboard Journal blog about how Tony Rice has hurt his back and has had to cancel some shows. That is a real drag; feel better soon Tony! They also had a little mention of an amazing looking bluegrass documentary called Bluegrass Journey which features Tony, Del McCoury, Rhonda Vincent, [...]

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Hayseed Dixie – Ace Of Spades

March 25, 2007

Gotta love some high lonesome Motorhead sounds from the Hayseed Dixie boys!

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Van Halen On Bluegrass

February 14, 2007

Well only David Lee Roth on Bluegrass, but it is a Van Halen tune (Jump). I love how the banjo player transposed the guitar solo to the banjo. David Lee Roth looks like a Senator or something in this video, he’s lost his edge. The band in this video is really good.

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