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Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
I can't think of anything better than a bit of bluegrass to get you souls stirring. This is from 1973's Act 3. The Seldom Scene started out of a basement. They agreed to keep their day jobs and play only once a week in clubs and on weekends. Members left and were replaced and only one of the original members, Ben Eldridge, still performs. MP3 File
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The Doc Searls Weblog (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
Bear with me while I rehabilitate with radio. If that doesn’t do it for ya, tune out now. It’s cool. Gotta say that I’ve been learning to love WMBR/88.1, MIT’s student station, on Saturday mornings. Been listening for the last half hour or so to Doug Gesler’s excellent “Lost Highway”: Country music for folks without [...]
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The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
Few bluegrass bands have had the opportunities to perform for important persons that have been enjoyed by the Seldom Scene. Being based in Washington D.C. has obviously helped. But that alone wouldn’t be enough to recommend them for the gigs they’ve had. Their skill and competence as musicians, and their winsome stage manner have been [...]
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Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 28/05/2008
Cybergrass wants to introduce you to another bluegrass band. This profile is on The Redeye Ramblers,a bluegrass music band from Asheville, N.C. began playing traditional, gospel, and original bluegrass music together in the fall of 2006. These musicians combine many years of experience playing and performing bluegrass music. ...
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Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | 18/05/2008
I spend a lot of time 'auditioning' music videos for the Brain. It's hard work, but someone's gotta do it. Sometimes I really like a particular artist, or a particular song, or both, but I wonder if they'd be appropriate. On the theory that at least some of us Godless commie fucks maybe ain't, or like this kind of music anyway, I decided to just throw it out there and let you, dear readers, decide....
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Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 30/01/2008
Nonesuch Records releases 'Punch', the debut album from Punch Brothers, on February 25, 2008 in the UK (February 26, US). The band - composer-singer-mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile's new venture - includes Chris Eldridge (guitar), Greg Garrison (bass), Noam Pikelny (banjo), and Gabe Witcher (fiddle) ...
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 28/12/2007
The Seldom Scene will ring in the new year in its traditional way: A concert on the stage that has become synonymous with the group itself, the Birchmere Music Hall in Alexandria.
