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Bluegrass Briefs: Bela Fleck, Mason Via, Sister Sadie, J.D. Crowe

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Bluegrass is a genre that has expanded to fit the ambitions of its practitioners in recent years. We’ve looked at Bela Fleck’s experiments with it in previous columns, but has stretched genre to breaking point with […]
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Mason Via “Love Train” – one train leaves town, hope aboard another

August 10, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s true that we don’t feature a great number of people who have appeared on American idol (or, for that matter, the myriad of other musical talent shows around the world) but Mason Via is something […]
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Mason Via “Colarado” – Westward bound

October 28, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Mason Via is the latest recruit to Old Crow Medicine Show, he’s also recently made his Grand Ole Opry debut with the band and was a Top 40 finalist on American Idol.  Obviously someone with time […]

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The devil may have all the best tunes but six months and many songs down the line from this feature’s inaugural selection, the erudition and impeccable taste of my esteemed colleagues mean that many of the […]
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John Hollier & The Rêverie “Rainmaker”

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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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The Magpie Salute, Oslo, London, 10th August 2018

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When The Magpie Salute were last in the UK they played a now legendary residency at Under The Bridge rocking the venue for four nights and never playing the same song more than once. So when […]
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The first wave of artists and chefs have been announced for the inaugural Black Deer In the City festival, taking place at Tobacco Dock in London on 25th and 26th October 2025 The weekend line–up will […]

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