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My Brother’s Keeper is truly a “band of brothers.” The brothers are Titus Luckhaupt, Benjamin Luckhaupt, and Joshua Luckhaupt. Titus plays mandolin, Benjamin is on guitar, and Joshua plays fiddle, harmonica, piano, and organ. All three cover the vocals, and they are joined on this project by Wyatt “Sawmill” Murray (bass, vocals) and Adam Moehlman…

Remedy Tree is a Florida group founded in 2015 by Gabriel and Abigail Acevedo. Gabriel plays guitar, fiddle, and sings lead vocals, while Abigail plays bass and also sings lead vocals. After a while playing as a duo, they decided to add banjo and mandolin and move to a more bluegrass and Americana sound. They…

Over the past twenty-five years, Chris Davis has performed with some of the top-name bands in bluegrass music, including The Grascals, Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers, Alecia Nugent, Junior Sisk, Larry Cordle, Larry Sparks, Wildfire, Melvin Goins, and Marty Raybon.  Additionally, he has performed with the country band Diamond Rio.  That is quite an…

Q: The very first time I ever saw Dr. Ralph Stanley, it was late ‘60s to early ‘70s at a German club in Dover, New Jersey: Germania Park. There is NO info on this in ANY history. I would like to know what the date was if anyone has it. I did talk to Ralph…

This is a new project from the father and son duo of Phil and Dan Rosenthal. Phil is best known as a songwriter and former member of the Seldom Scene and the Old Dog project. His son Dan grew up listening to his dad’s and others’ music but subsequently chose to take up trumpet and…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine April 2001, Volume 35, Number 10 Alison Brown is a recent Grammy award winning banjo player whose work has ranged to include jazz fusion, worldbeat, and cutting edge acoustic folk. On her latest album “Fair Weather” (Compass 742822), Brown wanted to bring it all back home to the roots of…