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From Stages to Campgrounds

Old Settler’s Music Festival Sustains a Robust Community Photos by Steve Levine/stl.images      The 38th Annual Old Settler’s Music Festival, happening this year over the final weekend in April,  was not just the latest installment of the longest-running festival anywhere near Austin, Texas. It was not just an eclectic mix of beloved and outstanding “roots”…

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Kris Howland displays two of the albums he helped bring to vinyl

Kris Howland Brings Classic Bluegrass LPs Back to the Future

Photos by Chelsea LaFond It’s an excellent time for bluegrass LP seekers and collectors. And the folks at Heady Wax Fiends, with help from Real Gone Music, have certainly sweetened the pot by bringing classic bluegrass LPs back on premium vinyl.       Their rerelease of Manzanita by the Tony Rice Unit sparked our initial…

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The Making of Rounder 0044

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine September 2015, Volume 50, Number 3 Four decades ago, J.D. Crowe & the New South went into the studio to record one of bluegrass music’s most influential albums. The band consisted of J.D. Crowe, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice, and Bobby Slone, and their 1975 eponymous album is commonly…

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“I Hear Banjos” on the Fiddle

In this video Mike Mitchell teaches you how to play a tune, “I Hear Banjos,” which he recorded one of his albums. The melody of this tunes is built from segments of several famous banjo tunes.

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245: Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Tony Kamel

This week we feature singer, songwriter and guitar player Tony Kamel.  Tony is best known for his work with the band Wood &  Wire.  He now has a solo album out and is doing some solo touring this year.  We’ll talk with Tony…

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244: Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Sarah Jarosz

This week we feature singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sarah Jarosz.  Sarah started her career in bluegrass at a young age and has continued to grow her career both as a solo artist and with the band I’m With Her.  We talk to…

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