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Category Archives: Bluegrass
Time for the 2019 Joe Val Festival!
Far and away the major winter bluegrass event in this part of the country, and maybe in the whole country (as Alex MacLeod of Rock Hearts corrected on the show back on the 26th), it’s time again for The Joe … Continue reading
Rhode Island’s Best-Kept Secret? Rock Hearts on HAH!
I had heard the name, but knew nothing of the band when Tony Watt asked if I’d like to have them on live. They are scheduled to appear at the Joe Val Festival this year, so I said, sure, if … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country Calendar, Radio Talk
Tagged Alex MacLeod, Billy Thibodeau, Dale Ann Bradley, Danny Musher, Doe Deetz, Flamekeeper, Gerry Katz, Jimmy Martin, Joe Val Festival, Karl Lauber, Kennebec Valley Boys, Michael Cleveland, Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival, Pete Kelly, Rock Hearts, Sam and Bob Tidwell, Tony Watt
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The Legendary Al Hawkes Dies at 88
I met Al Hawkes at one of the Joe Val Festivals, back in the Green Room. It was not the one where he received the 2009 Heritage Industry Award from the Boston Bluegrass Union. It might have been 2016 when … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country History, Country News, Record Business
Tagged Al Hawkes, Allerton and Alton, Alton Myers, B Lilly, Bear Family Records, Betty Cody, Boston Bluegrass Union, Don Stover, Don Williams, Event Records, Everett Alan Lilly, Everett Lilly, Hal Lonepine, Jim Rooney, Joe Val Festival, Lenny Breau, Maine Public Radio, Rockhouse Mountain Productions, The Cumberland Ridge Runners, The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover
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It’s the Eighth of January!
And that means it’s time for ‘The Battle of New Orleans’ with Johnny Horton (1959): Johnny Horton of course took the song from Jimmy Driftwood (whose real name was James Morris). From a site called the Greasespot Cafe, … Continue reading
Extra! Fiddlin’ John Carson Played Tex’s ‘Christmas Time’ in 1927!
Well, sort of. After I played Tex Logan fiddling his composition, ‘Christmas Time’s a-Comin’’ with The Lane Brothers, followed by Bill Monroe’s classic first recording of the song, listener Paul Murphy emailed me with this news (reprinted with his permission): … Continue reading
Tony Watt Launches JamVember
It’s at the Sheraton in Framingham, it’s taking over a good portion (but not all) of the hotel for a weekend, but it’s not a festival. So what is it? It’s JamVember, a “Boston’s bluegrass Jamming non-festival.” The neologism is … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country Calendar, HA'pennings
Tagged JamVember, Sheraton Framingham, Steve Watt, Tony Watt
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Bluegrass and Cajun at the Lowell Folk Festival
Big Country Bluegrass Inertia, more than anything else, has kept Dr Janie and me from the annual Lowell Folk Festival. It’s free (well, after you pay for parking), festive, with a great variety of music and food (the music is … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Cajun Music, Hillbilly Journal
Tagged Big Country Bluegrass, Chris Stafford, Cody Lafleur, Dave Evans, Eddie Gill, Jimmy Martin, Jimmy Trivette, Jo Vidrine, Joel Savoy, John Treadway, Kyle Huval, Kyle Huval and the Dixie Club Ramblers, Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell National Historical Park, Mitch Schexnayder, Teresa Sells, Tim Laughlin, Tommy Sells, Tony King, Valcour Records
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Southern Rail in Framingham
Friday, June 29th the Framingham Concerts on the Green series began with old friends of Hillbilly at Harvard, Southern Rail, now celebrating their 40th year playing bluegrass and gospel in New England. Aside from the Joe Val Festival, it’s rare … Continue reading
