Barry Abernathy & Friends review

Barry AbernathyBarry Abernathy & FriendsBilly Blue Records March (or February, when the album was released) is a bit early in the year to be talking ‘best bluegrass albums of 2021,’ but darn it—I am. Without hyperbole, Barry Abernathy & Friends is bound to be as well received as his most recent project with Appalachian Road…

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Arlen Roth- TeleMasters review

Arlen Roth TeleMastersAquinnah Records ArlenRoth.com Largely instrumental, upon cursory inspection this set of 16 tracks, mostly recorded in Nashville, ‘feels’ like a vanity project. A solitary listen provides evidence that TeleMasters goes well beyond that dismissive descriptor. Woodstock’s Arlen Roth has been a name in Telecaster circles for decades, and just because some of us…

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Bluegrass Albums of 2016

Here is my list of Favourite Bluegrass Albums of 2016. Of course, your kilometreage will vary: I once received a perplexing, cranky email from the father of a fairly prominent bluegrasser whose album I didn’t include on such a list several years ago. For those such inclined, I repeat—these are my favourite bluegrass albums of the…

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Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Bluegrass Albums of 2016

Over at Fervor Coulee Bluegrass (and eventually I will cross-post here) I have meticulously and expertly (!) compiled my list of my favourite bluegrass album of the year 2016. Please realize, these are my favourite bluegrass albums meaning, a) your list may be different, b) I don’t pretend to know what is best, and c)…

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Bryan Sutton- The More I Learn review

Published over at Lonesome Road Review is my musings on Bryan Sutton’s latest, The More I Learn. It I really good- not just noodlin’ which some my expect. I’ve been listening to a bunch of Doc Watson of late, and while I am not going to compare Sutton to Watson-although one might, if only because…

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IBMA Awards 2011

7:29- I love that Dale Ann has again been awarded. She is such a dear person, not a rarity in bluegrass of course, but jeez- you just have to be on her side. I was playing some of her music for kids at school today as an introduction to bluegrass, and they responded nicely. As…

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