Modern Bluegrass Songwriting
Plowing their Own Fields

BY TIM STAFFORD

"A lot of bluegrass bands play a lot of the old traditional songs… If you go to a bluegrass festival you hear 'Cabin on the Hill' ten different times. They're all great songs, and they move people. But these kids plow their own field."

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11 Ways for Bands to Promote with Their Websites

BY LANCE TREBESCH

There was a day when the only way to promote your music was by going downtown, printing 500 postcards, licking 500 stamps and peeling 500 labels. Now in less than 5 minutes...

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Web Design for Bluegrass Bands

BY SHERRI CHEKAL

You’ve spent weeks searching out the best instrument, picking at least a hundred different ones at music shops all over town. And then a great deal of money...

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The Kay Bass

BY JEFF BIRDWELL

In 1937, when Henry “Kay” Kuhrmeyer decided to begin making cellos and basses in his Chicago factory due to trade restrictions with Germany as a result of WWII, he had in mind to build a good quality instrument for an afforable price. What he could not have anticipated was...

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The Secret to Improving as a Musician
BY DAVE RUSSELL

I am forever in search of information and wisdom about improving as a musician, yet I long for wisdom in life as a whole...

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Marty Stuart:
Bluegrass Performer Superlative

BY MATT MERTA

Marty Stuart has had a lot of those moments in his life, and with a career spanning over three decades, he is able to easily decipher what is and what isn’t “magic.”

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Bluegrass Journey DVD
A Review

BY MATT MERTA

This is not the first documentary on bluegrass music (High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music and Gather at the River are more recent outings), nor is this an attempt to show an unadulterated audience a defination of bluegrass music. Instead, it takes ...

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