Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Society Festival, 2017

It isn’t often you get to reinvent yourself after 31 years, but that is what Blueberry Bluegrass needed and was able to achieve during their 2017 event, August 4-6.  Held in Stony Plain, Alberta, the Society celebrated their 32nd edition by pulling out all the stops to even hold the event. The current organizing committee…

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Recent roots reviews posted elsewhere

Last month, a handful of reviews were posted over at Country Standard Time. Angela Easterling released a really strong country album. Old-timey folkster Old Man Luedecke dropped another exceptional album a few months ago. Antique Persuasion is a(nother) tribute to the Carter Family, one that brings those old sounds into a modern setting while maintaining…

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Old Man Luedecke- Tender Is the Night

Just doing some housekeeping to help out the search engines. My review of Old Man Luedecke’s Tender is the Night is at Fervor Coulee Bluegrass here. As always, I appreciate your interest in Fervor Coulee. Donald

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Five Great Bluegrass Albums I Didn’t Write About in 2012

and one acoustiblue album, too. Over at Fervor Coulee Bluegrass today, I have posted a lengthy piece in which I reflect on six albums released in the past year that I wish I had found time to write about. The link should get you there, as will this one. The albums are Scott Holstein’s Cold…

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Fairly Random Links for today

As we all are, I’ve been quite busy these last weeks. What with watching (too much) Olympic action- after vowing not to watch any, but come on- how can you not watch more skicross or snowboard cross once you see it- and trying to keep up with my real job and life, writing sometimes has to…

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