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Singer-songwriter Laurie Lewis never set out to break barriers -- she just loves to play music.
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Singer-songwriter Laurie Lewis never set out to break barriers -- she just loves to play music.

  • Paul Fried
  • Mar 23, 2023

Throughout her 30-plus-year career, the fiddler, guitarist, bass player and singer-songwriter Laurie Lewis has been heralded as a groundbreake…

Scroggins & Rose return to Sand City with another serving of bluegrass, with a twist.
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Scroggins & Rose return to Sand City with another serving of bluegrass, with a twist.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Jan 26, 2023

Even though his dad is Jeff Scroggins, a two-time National Banjo Champion, it wasn’t obvious that Tristan Scroggins would become a musician.

Yonder Mountain String Band gives bluegrass a jolt.
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Yonder Mountain String Band gives bluegrass a jolt.

  • Paul Fried
  • Mar 23, 2017

Yonder Mountain String Band has one foot firmly rooted in tradition as the other steps forward in innovation. Bassist Ben Kaufmann understands…

Bluegrass icon Peter Rowan tops Monterey Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival.
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Bluegrass icon Peter Rowan tops Monterey Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Nov 17, 2016

Thanks to performances that included a giddyup gypsy jazz take on western swing from Hot Club of Cowtown, True West’s “Best Living Western Sol…

Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally visit Smokehouse.
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Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally visit Smokehouse.

  • Paul Fried
  • Mar 24, 2016

Recently featured at New York’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Berkeley-based singer Nell Robinson and Bay Area native Jim Nunally re…

Patchy Sanders is far from run-of-the-mill traditional bluegrass.
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Patchy Sanders is far from run-of-the-mill traditional bluegrass.

  • Adam Joseph
  • Apr 30, 2015

About a year ago, while busking at the local farmers market in Ashland, Oregon, violinist Sara Wilbur received an unlikely proposition from ba…

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