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… Continue reading Bluegrass Albums of 2016
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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)… Continue reading Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Bluegrass Albums of 2016
The Boxcars- Familiar With the Ground review
The Boxcars Familiar With the Ground (Mountain Home) Done correctly, bluegrass is the most beautiful music imaginable. While some long-running bands—Lonesome River Band, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, among others—find the need to tinker with the essential sound, others instinctively know what makes bluegrass bluegrass. [Insert tired argument that the Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Alison Krauss,… Continue reading The Boxcars- Familiar With the Ground review
Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival, Stony Plain, AB August 2-4, 2013
I truly became a bluegrass music fan while attending the Blueberry Bluegrass fest in the late ’90s; while I had heard the music before, it was on those often wet, occasionally sunny August long weekends beginning in 1997 that my appreciation for the music was extended and solidified. I attended the festival faithfully for six… Continue reading Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival, Stony Plain, AB August 2-4, 2013
The Boxcars- All In
My review of The Boxcars new album is up at http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=4885. Happy listening, and as always- thanks for visiting Fervor Coulee. Donald
IBMA Awards 2011- Lonesome River Band hits the stage
9:04- I am not the biggest fan of LRB. When they came to Red Deer they performed very well and I enjoyed listening to them, and when I saw them at Stony Plain five or six years earlier they did the same. But their songs just don’t stick with me the way others’ do; without… Continue reading IBMA Awards 2011- Lonesome River Band hits the stage
IBMA Awards 2011
8:07- I’m guessing a standing ovation for The Grascals and the girls who joined them for “I Am Strong.” A moment for them to remember and not even I’m a bit enough jerk to criticise that performance. 8:08- Carl Jackson and Louisa Branscomb to present VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR Blue Highway Dailey & Vincent The Gibson… Continue reading IBMA Awards 2011
IBMA Awards 2011
7:38- Steve Martin’s current contributions to the music can’t be overstated. Alison Brown and Tony Trischka to present the next awards. A bit forced and gushing. INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR Blue Highway The Boxcars Sam Bush Band Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper The Infamous Stringdusters And the award goes to…The Boxcars. The first shock of the… Continue reading IBMA Awards 2011
Recent Bluegrass Purchases
In this ever changing world in which we live in… As some of you know, I’ve been writing semi-professionally about bluegrass and roots music for almost ten years- in fact, I do believe my first cheque came through a decade ago this month. Over the years I’ve received more wonderful music from labels than I’ll… Continue reading Recent Bluegrass Purchases
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