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The Osborne Brothers— Part Two: Getting It Off
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 1972, Volume 6, Number 8 (Part One: Family and Apprenticeship appeared in Bluegrass Unlimited Volume 6, Number 5, September 1971) (To read part one of this series, click here: https://www.bluegrassunlimited.com/article/the-osborne-brothers/) At the start of 1956, Bob and Sonny Osborne were once more at home in Dayton, Ohio, playing the…
John McEuen—String Wizard & Media Producer Extraordinaire Of The 90’s
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine September 1994, Volume 29, Number 3 When John McEuen appears at a bluegrass festival today, it’s obvious that he isn’t an entire bluegrass band—although he does move around a lot and play four different instruments. You can tell he’s one of the believers, though. The heart and the influence of…
Good Music, Good Friends: The Country Gentlemen
Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine June 1978, Volume 12, Number 12 On July 4, 1978, the Country Gentlemen will begin their twenty-second year of innovative and trend-setting music. Great changes have come to bluegrass in the last twenty-one years, and it is the Country Gentlemen who are one of the first group of musicians who…
The Banjo in America
As the tape rolls on Bill Evans’ one-man show, The Banjo in America, it’s clear that one thing Evans loves about his instrument of choice is that it contains multitudes. Evans, a highly-regarded bluegrass professional with five decades of performing, teaching, and recording under his belt, covers a lot of musical ground in little more…
Ferguson’s Farewell: The Irish Connection
For a number of years, Pennsylvania-based bluegrass veteran Gary Ferguson made musical sojourns to Ireland where he forged fast friendships and enduring musical bonds with some of the Green Isle’s most talented singer-songwriters. This exquisite bluegrass/Americana-tinged album marks the culmination of these partnerships. On many cuts, Ferguson generously steps back into a supporting role, thereby…
Wildest Dreams
Bell Buckle Echo Valley is the Anderson family based in Western Pennsylvania. They are Lizzy on vocals and guitar, Emily on vocals and fiddle, Isabelle on vocals and mandolin, Olivia on vocals, banjo and fiddle, Emmaline on bass (also plays mandolin and guitar), Dolly on mandolin, and brother David on banjo. Sister Emily is the…