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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine April, 1988, Volume 22, Number 10 1988 marks an important milestone in the career of Larry Sparks. This year, Larry celebrates his 25th anniversary as a professional musician. For someone who is barely 40 years old (he just turned so on September 25), this seems to be an impressive accomplishment….

Reprinted from the Special Program Festival Schedule Edition, 1975 of Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Which was reprinted from Western Pennsylvania Bluegrass Committee Newsletters. Used by permission Part I — Roots. Bluegrass and modern country-western music are different styles of music with the same basic roots: the traditional music of the Southern Mountains. This music came originally…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine October 1987, Volume 22, Number 4 Over the years hundreds—maybe thousands—of people have told me they went to work in the fields early and then worked late, just so they could come in at noon and hear the program,” recalls Mac Wiseman. He is referring to the widespread and intense…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine December 1985, Volume 20, Number 6 By J. Wesley Clark & J. Michael Hosford [Editor’s note: In March of this year, after the interview for this article was done, Paul Adkins joined the Virginians playing mandolin, Paul was out of the music business for a year and a half prior…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine June 1986, Volume 20, Number 12 To the younger generation of bluegrass fans, the number of brother duets whose stylings influenced the music’s development must seem like an endless list —from Anglin, Bailes, Cope, Delmore and ever onward. One can then shift to Andrews, Bolick, Callahan, Dixon, and perhaps move…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine December 1990, Volume 25, Number 6  Six years after the passing of their father, the Reno Brothers continue a tradition in creating music that has been as much a part of their family as the family tree itself. But an account of the Reno Brothers must reach back to the…