The Artists

Cindy Baucom with Solomon. // Photo by Molly Norris

Cindy Baucom Writes A New Kid’s Book About the Rescue Dog That Helped Husband Terry Baucom Make His Last Transition

written By Derek Halsey This past December, the news of the death of the great Texas singer and songwriter Joe Ely reminded the world once again of the previously little-known disease called Lewy Body Dementia. The bluegrass scene faced its Lewy Body Dementia moment when the news came out about two-and-a-half years ago that the…

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The King James Boys (left to right) Curtis Lewis, Cole Spencer, Will Hart, Randy Spencer. // Photo by Cherry Rose Photography

Minister with Music

The King James Boys’ latest music has been heating up a lot of excitement like an old-time gospel tent revival. Their 13th studio album, Get a Transfer, on Pinecastle Records has only eight songs on the entire CD, but the six singles that have been released so far have earned solid radio play and chart…

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Geraldine (left to right) Cory Chubb, Josh Anderson, John Bolten, Jonathan Vocke, Sarah Larsen. // Photo by Casey Ryan Vock

On The Fringe

Bands Blurring the Lines of Bluegrass “What I really appreciate about this band is that there are not a lot of no’s creatively,” explains Geraldine’s multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Vocke. We are eating dinner, along with the rest of Geraldine, Josh Anderson (fiddle), John Bolten (guitar/ vocals), Cory Chubb (mandolin), and Sarah Larsen (bass), in Bolten’s dining…

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Becky Buller Releases Songs That Sing Me

Songs That Sing Me, Becky Buller’s first covers album, puts a spin on the concept. Rather than simply her take on familiar favorites audiences already know by heart, she has compiled a collection of songs that have meant the most to her, songs that she says “sing me into being.” Some, in fact, have been…

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Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers at Bill Monroe’s Homecoming and Bluegrass Festival, Rosine Kentucky, September 1973. // Photo by Carl Fleischhauer

Larry Sparks

Way Back When  Pure as summer sunshine, Larry Sparks makes bluegrass like Mother Nature provides warmth. Sparks, in rarefied air among living bluegrass masters, offers blankets of comfort whenever he sings a song. So, make room for Way Back When Sparks’ latest album, released by Rebel Records on October 24, embraces nostalgia and bluegrass purity….

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Photo by LEXI SEMCIC

On The Fringe

Bands Blurring the Lines of Bluegrass “I’m just proud that we got something down on tape that really captures the vibe of the Keel Stickley Duo,”  explains guitarist Jon Stickley about he and fellow guitarist Larry Keel’s recently released self-titled EP.  “It’s a monumental live act, but had we never gotten the recording done, it…

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