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Jerry Douglas

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Dobro player-extraordinaire Jerry Douglas has won multiple Grammy Awards as both a producer and a performer. His latest album, Restless On The Farm, features cohorts ranging from Bela Fleck to Steve Earle in supportive roles. The flat-out truth is that whenever someone mentions the word dobro in modern musical circles, Jerry Douglas's name comes up as the natural synonym for the instrument. …


From MusicWorld, posted 7.16.01

Sam Bush

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Twenty-seven years ago, the producers of the first Telluride Bluegrass Festival began looking for magic. They had a terrific location. They had vision - some called it nerve. But something else was desperately needed. It didn't take them long to find it. For their second year, they booked New Grass Revival, headed by master musician and bluegrass rebel Sam Bush. Today, Bush, the only artist who…


From MusicWorld, posted 7.16.01

Béla Fleck Broadens the Banjo’s Appeal

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It wouldn't be an exaggeration to state that genre-bending banjoist Béla Fleck has revolutionized his instrument's place in contemporary music. With his eclectic combo the Flecktones, Fleck - who recently won Grammy Awards in the categories of Best Contemporary Jazz Album (for his album Outbound) and Best Country Instrumental Performance (for "Leaving Cottondale," a duet with fellow banjo virtuoso Alison Brown) - has consistently taken the instrument…


From MusicWorld, posted 2.28.01

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