Authentic Unlimited (left to right): Jerry Cole, Stephen Burwell, Eli Johnston, Jesse Brock and John Meador.

Hard Work & Brotherhood

Photos by Laci Mack Sometimes a new song comes to you the way it should, as in randomly, and without fanfare or prior description, and the quality of it takes you for a ride. That is what happened to me one day while driving through the mountains of Western North Carolina. In the Blue Ridge…

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the artists

Ron Thomason at High Mountain Hay Fever 2024. // Photo by Kevin Slick

The Space Between

I called Ron Thomason on his eightieth birthday, September 5th, to schedule an interview for Bluegrass Unlimited. I had just recently reviewed his latest album, Ancient Songs Et Al. I had also watched the recent documentary about Ron and the Dry Branch Fire Squad, The Court Jester. I had read numerous articles highlighting Thomason’s many…

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In the Moment with Rebecca Frazier

Photos By Scott Simontacchi The unintentional decade-long wait between the release of Rebecca Frazier’s last album When We Fall (in 2013) and her latest Boarding Windows in Paradise (in 2024) reflects Rebecca’s continued maturation as an artist in the face of modern life. Boarding Windows in Paradise – currently #4 on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums…

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2024 Talent Directory

The Bluegrass Unlimited Annual Talent Directory lists all artists and bands that requested inclusion in this directory. If you are a performing artist or are in a band and would like to be listed in the future, please email [email protected] with “Talent Directory” as the subject.   This directory is available online and can be accessible to subscribers…

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from the archives

Wayne Henderson—Music Making Mountain Man

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 2007, Volume 41, Number 8 As I pulled off 1-81 at the Marion, Va. exit and headed into the mountains on Rt. 16, I recalled the first time I ever met Wayne Henderson. I had enrolled in a guitar workshop at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, W.Va., and…

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