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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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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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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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from the archives
25 Years with Larry Sparks
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….
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