I have recently heard a great song by the Dillards – Hey Boys. In this song you can hear the fantastic harmony-singing of the Dillards. I would like to take the chance to present the Dillards in this blog. You can find detailed information about the Dillards in the wikipedia article (see below). The Dillards […]
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By a picture from the Kaustinen Festival in Finland I have discovered the band Curly Strings. Curly Strings are Eeva Talsi – fiddle Villu Talsi – mandolin Jalmar Vabarna – guitar Taavet Niller – double bass This band is very popular in Estonia, and their song Kauges Külas is one of the songs that were
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I have discovered Dry and Dusty in the youtube channel Mark’s Memories and I have listened to the show they played at the Portland Oldtime Music Gathering now for several times. Description from the Dry and Dusty facebook page Dry and Dusty is an old-time sister duo from Bellingham and sometimes Spokane, Washington. The band
I have just found the following video in the youtube channel of WAMU, a complete Open Mic show of two hours, with performances by Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass, Gold Heart and Akira Otsuka. Inspired by this video I had to search around for more information about Akira Otsuka, his band Bluegrass 45, John
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Some of my favorite bands have played on the Mountain Stage recently – here are the links to the concerts that are available on the NPR website. You can also listen to the concerts and download the mp3 on the Mountain Stage site. Joy Kills Sorrow On Mountain Stage The bluegrass band draws influence from
Germany’s most successful bluegrass band Covered Grass has just release the new CD Toogaroo. Last year Covered Grass could present their program at the IBMA in Nashville. After the IBMA event Covered Grass went on to Los Angeles where they played their song “Goodbye Johnboy” during the special event “40 Years The Waltons”. The journey
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The new CD This World Oft Can Be by Della Mae will be released on May 28th by Rounder Records. The official video for this CD has been made available some days ago. Della Mae play their song Empire, one of my favorite songs from the new album. The video has also been featured on
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Sarah Jarosz has just released her new EP LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR – this is the information that I have got in the latest newsletter from sugarhill records: Nashville, Tenn. (April 19, 2013) – Austin native and folk songstress Sarah Jarosz celebrates Record Store Day with a new live release, LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR. The five song EP
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The Steeldrivers have just published their new CD Hammer Down. I have found the complete CD on the Airplay Direct website some days ago and listened to some tracks. You also can hear a performance of the Steeldrivers with of some of the songs from the new album here: http://www.npr.org/event/music/186897764/the-steeldrivers-on-mountain-stage Now I have searched for
On August 22nd the weekly Music City Roots Live Radio Show was dedicated to Bluegrass. It featured bands who contributed a track to the Putumayo Bluegrass CD that has been published recently. Putumayo has been founded in 1993 and has published many CDs with music from all over the world. Here’s the beginning of the
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