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Punch Brothers
The Punch Brothers are a band that plays bluegrass instruments; their sound, however, has a chamber ensemble affinity and their music pushes the historical boundaries of their instruments; new grass...
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Flatt and Monroe: Little Cabin Home on the Hill
Its Friday! I’ll leave you with this gem of a vintage performance clip featuring Lester Flatt singing “My Little Cabin Home on the Hill” with Bill Monroe. Happy weekend!
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Heavy Heart: Remembering Levon Helm
From left, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson and Robbie Robertson of the Band in Woodstock, N.Y. Credit: Elliott Landy and NY Times Yesterday in Manhattan (April 19), the great...
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In Spite of Ourselves
I first heard this song on our “Graham Parsons and Friends” Pandora radio station. It made me laugh out loud, appropriate for a Friday, I think. Sung by John Prine and Iris DeMent, it was the title...
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Eilen Jewell: Queen of the Minor Key
If you haven’t heard of Eilen Jewell, you should take a minute right this moment to get to know her through her latest album, Queen of the Minor Key. Part blues, part rockabilly, part...
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Happy 100th, Woody Guthrie!
Today is the centennial marker of Woody Guthrie’s birth. An American troubadour, Guthrie wrote more than 3000 songs in his 15-year career, but recorded only 40 himself, most of which chronicle the...
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To Dance in the Light of a Honeymoon
Today is the anniversary of the day that I married my best friend and we drove away on our honeymoon in this car, a convertible 1965 Buick Skylark, to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway from Virginia to...
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Old Crow Medicine Show FINALLY Coming to Chicago!!
Two years ago, I took it upon myself to email Old Crow and heckle them for missing Chicago on tour for many a year… Hello! We are big fans and have seen you in concert in multiple states as we’ve...
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Chatham County Line Tonight!
Chatham County Line performs tonight at the American Legion 42 of Evanston, Illinois as a part of their Bluegrass Legends Concert Series. “We honor our veterans and servicemen by providing true...
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