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So Many Supergroups: Hear IBMA's 2021 Instrumental Recording Nominees
Tunesday TuesdayNov 24, 2020

Something about the simplest forms of bluegrass and old-time make them the perfectly fitting music to soundtrack autumn, with her crisp nights, warm colors, harvest treats, and seasonal drinks. The season evokes a back porch and round-the-fire pickinā€™, roots music in her most basic iteration, as respite and enjoyment for the long winter nights ahead.…

So Many Supergroups: Hear IBMA's 2021 Instrumental Recording Nominees
Tunesday TuesdayNov 10, 2020

Ā Adam Hurt is a banjo playerā€™s banjo player. This role is well known in bluegrass, where almost an entire generation of banjo players, who came up almost immediately during and after Earl Scruggsā€™ popularization of a three-finger approach to the banjo, continue to go largely unsung outside of five-string niches and circles of Scruggs-style acolytes.…

So Many Supergroups: Hear IBMA's 2021 Instrumental Recording Nominees
Tunesday TuesdayOct 27, 2020

Multi-instrumentalist, sideman extraordinaire, podcast host, composer, and IBMA Award winner Justin Mosesā€™ presence in bluegrass is as ubiquitous as it is unassuming -- that is, in every way except when his picks meet the strings. Moses won Resophonic Guitar Player of the Year from the International Bluegrass Music Association in 2018 and 2020; heā€™s also…

So Many Supergroups: Hear IBMA's 2021 Instrumental Recording Nominees
Tunesday TuesdayOct 13, 2020

If you arenā€™t already aware, you should know that the harp is having something of ā€œa moment.ā€ Between pop- and mainstream-adjacent singer-songwriters like Joanna Newsom and Lizzie No who write on harp to traditionalist, Irish and old-time pickers like Alannah Thornburgh, thereā€™s no shortage of non-classical entry points to this often esoteric instrument. Viral TikTok…

So Many Supergroups: Hear IBMA's 2021 Instrumental Recording Nominees
Tunesday TuesdaySep 15, 2020

Do you remember the soundtrack to your earliest childhood memories? Do you remember the songs that wafted from the car radio to the backseat as you rode along the highway, en route to a family reunion or summer vacation? My earliest memories of seemingly interminable, minivan-filled-to-bursting road trips are often scored by solo acoustic guitar.…

So Many Supergroups: Hear IBMA's 2021 Instrumental Recording Nominees
So Many Supergroups: Hear IBMA's 2021 Instrumental Recording Nominees