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Alison Krauss and Union Station

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine June 1991, Volume 25, Number 12 “If only all those country (or pop or rock) fans who say they don’t like bluegrass would just give it a listen, they’d love it.” “If only the mass media would give bluegrass some positive exposure…” Those of us who care about bluegrass are…

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Mason Via

  Mason Via’s arrival on the scene as a solo artist has caused quite a stir, and deservedly so. He has an expressive and engaging tenor voice and a penchant for poignant original love songs with adroit lyrics and nearly irresistible hooks. The North Carolina native is an alumnus of Old Crow Medicine Show and…

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In-Law Country: How Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, and their Circle Fashioned a New Kind of Country Music, 1968-1985

Country Music Foundation Press, 2024 Geoffrey Himes has written about music for the Washington Post, Smithsonian magazine, Rolling Stone, the New York Times, Jazz Times, and Sing Out since the late 1970s, as well as a book about Bruce Springsteen. He was a contributing editor at No Depression from the late 1990s  through the early 2000s, and his articles have…

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Neste Steg (Next Step)

Strengeplukk  (“string plucking”) is the newest release from this talented band based in Stavanger, Norway. They consist of Andreas Barnes Onarhiem (mandolin, vocals), Jakob Folke Ossum (guitar, vocals), Mikael Jonassen (banjo, vocals), Nikolai Storevik (fiddle, vocals), and Vidar Starheimsaeter (bass, vocals). Formed in 2015, the group has become one of Norway’s top bluegrass bands combining…

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Doc Watson—A Life In Music

University of North Carolina Press Book reviews can be very subjective based on the experience and perspective of the reviewer.  Therefore, when I read a book review, I like to know something about the reviewer so I can understand what experience, connection, or knowledge the reviewer might have relating to the topic of the book. …

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Southern Mountain Music: The Collected Writings of Wayne Erbsen

Published by McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers Wayne Erbsen is a familiar name to most bluegrass fans due not only to his musical performances and recordings but also for the many instructional books, historical books, songbooks, articles, and essays that he has written over the years.  Many of his articles have appeared in Bluegrass Unlimited…

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