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2023 Festival Guide

United States California Father’s Day Bluegrass FestivalJune 15-18, 2023Nevada County Fairgrounds 11228 McCourtney Rd,  Grass Valley, CA 95949(844) BLU-GRASS (844-258-4727)Fathersdayfestival.com Colorado SnowyGrass Music FestivalJuly 14-16, 2023380 Community Dr, Estes Park, CO 80517832-758-5913www.snowygrass.com Florida  45th Annual Everglades Bluegrass FestivalJanuary 27-29, 202318501 NE 22nd Ave,  North Miami Beach, FL 33160954-987-4960southfloridabluegrass.org  Big Bass & Bluegrass & Barbecue FestivalMarch…

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My Favorite Songs

The Fiction Twins is a fictitious duo formed by Japanese musician Toshio Watanabe who overdubs himself on the songs. He learned the skill of overdubbing using two tape recorders early in his career. Over the years he honed his skills using newer and newer recording techniques, backing himself up on guitar and mandolin.  On this…

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Place of Growth

In the fall of 2020, Hawktail did a livestream concert at the Amqui Station, a historical site in Madison, Tennessee, famously beloved by Johnny Cash. Lit by the copper sunset coming through the trees, they played through their set. They sat in a half circle, with a minimal set up, framed by the backdrop of…

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Lowdown Hoedown

Jason Carter is the longtime fiddle player and support vocalist with the Del McCoury Band, founding member of the Travelin’ McCourys and five-time IBMA “Fiddle Player of the Year” award-winner.  And as a bandleader in his own right, he’s hit another grand slam. Informed by Carter’s rich and deeply expressive baritone and his nonpareil fiddle…

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The Road Not Taken

It’s always nice when a familiar bluegrass face that’s been lying low for a while returns to the scene.  Well-regarded Darren Beachley, who pulled service with Bill Harrell and The Virginians, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver and fronted his own Legends of the Potomac (as well as some other groups) is back with a new album….

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Apple & Setser

This talented Arkansas duo masterfully inhabits an antediluvian musical “folk, bluegrass, Americana” realm similar to that of, say, Norman Blake. This fine 10-song collection magically revisits American styles that were popular in the 18th and early 20th centuries. Brad Apple’s and Pam Setser’s self-titled album (produced by Apple) opens with a smooth-as-silk rendition of “Hand…

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