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August 2024 Issue

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The Tradition

The Artists

Photo by Jason Tanner

Rhonda Vincent

By Dan Miller

Fifty-Seven Years on Stage and Still Going Strong When a writer for the Wall Street…

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Jim Lauderdale // Photo by Mike Dunn

Jim Lauderdale

By Sandy Hatley

Songwriter & So Much More North Carolina-born and raised, Jim Lauderdale has devoted his life to…

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Photo by Eric Ahlgrim

Sister Sadie’s Maddie Dalton

By Bill Conger

Dives Into No Fear You might think it would send shivers down the spine of…

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The Sound

Travis Book, Andy Falco, Cris Jacobs, Jerry Douglas, Chris Pandolfi (with back to camera) and Andy Hall in the studio. // Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins

On The Fringe

By Tim Newby

Bands Blurring the Lines of Bluegrass The genius of Cris Jacobs has always been his…

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Anna Frick

By Dan Miller

Mastering: The Final Gut Check Even if you have never been in a recording studio,…

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Kentucky Borderline

By Casey L. Penn

By Rhonda Vincent and Terry Herd “Kentucky Borderline,” written by Rhonda Vincent and Terry Herd,…

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Orin Friesen in his studio. Photo by Jesse Friesen.

A Broadcast Legend

By Derek Halsey

Bluegrass Radio Show Hits the 50 Year Mark While various areas of the Appalachian region…

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The Venue

Justin Freeman (guitar), Troy Jackson (bass), Amelia Freeman (mandolin), Savannah Hardin (guitar), Elijah Freeman (banjo) and Daniel Hardin (banjo). Amelia, Savanna, Elijah and Daniel are all High Lonesome Strings scholarship winners. Photo by Pammy Davis Lassiter

High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Association

By Sandy Hatley

High Lonesome Strings (HLS), the central North Carolina-based bluegrass club, has been in existence for…

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Flipbook

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Instrumentals, Vol. 2 Mandolin Mysteries
Let It Burn
Terra Madre
Hold To A Dream, A Newgrass Odyssey
Pickin’ on the Doors
Heroes And Friends
My Memories of John Hartford
Live in Europe
Through These Trees
City Of Glass
Mohavisoul
Rise Early
Grassology