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New Freedom Blues: A Conversation with Town MountainThe very first instrument you hear on “New Freedom Blues,” the new single from Town Mountain, is a kick drum. Wait, what?! As the title track of their upcoming album (out on October 5), it’s a mildly, slyly defiant poke at bluegrass tradition (or, more precisely, one interpretation of that…
BGS Celebrates Pride 2018It’s June! The most rainbowy time of the year! BGS is proud to celebrate Pride this month while the world marks the anniversary of the riots that began the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, nearly 50 years ago at The Stonewall Inn in New York City, with parades, parties, protests, and…
Capturing the Outlaws: Country Music Hall of Fame Salutes the 1970sWaylon Jennings and Willie Nelson are familiar to every country fan – and more than a few would consider them the original Outlaws. In a brand new exhibit, Outlaws & Armadillos: Country's Roaring '70s, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville strives to explain how that name…
MIXTAPE: Sons of Bill's Songs by Other Brothers (and Sisters)"What is it like to be in a band with your brothers?” is always the introductory question we're asked in interviews. Sadly, I never really have any salacious stories of drama or rivalry. I just love, trust, and respect my brothers, and we share a deep history. There's just no…
There are three things that you need to know about Del McCoury before anything else: His hair is incomparable, he giggles almost ceaselessly, and he still sings bluegrass. Fifty years ago, after ending his stint with Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys as lead singer and guitarist, McCoury released his debut solo project, Del McCoury Sings Bluegrass, with his now-iconic pompadour coiffed proudly and precisely on…
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Sep 07, 2018Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, UK
