Bluegrass Reclamation

This blog is dedicated to raising bluegrass awareness on TUMBLR. No string bands, no country, no pre-packaged acoustic music, or any other sort of sad substitute. Just the real deal. If you tag #bluegrass, this is what should show up.

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HERE ARE YOUR 2015 GRAMMY NOMINEES (IN ROOTS MUSIC)

If you’ve been following along with the GRAMMY Twitter account today, you know that 2015 GRAMMY nominations have been rolling out gradually. We’ve been following along and compiled a handy list right here so you don’t have to sift through it all yourself. Here are the roots music nominees that have been announced so far (full list here):

BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE

Statesboro Blues — Gregg Allman & Taj Mahal

A Feather’s Not A Bird — Rosanne Cash

And When I Die — Billy Childs Featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas

The Old Me Better — Keb’ Mo’ Featuring The California Feet Warmers

Destination — Nickel Creek

Read the full list over on The Bluegrass Situation.

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Seeing these nominees gives me hope. People out there are listening! An album of JUST Lester & Earl tunes was nominated alongside an album of JUST Bill Monroe instrumentals! Incredible. Perfect. Well-deserved. 

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Molly Tuttle & John Mailander | Little Toy Trains

Bluegrass power couple covers Roger Miller's Little Toy Trains.  Now this is the kind of Christmas music I can tolerate. Beautiful.

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You and Me | Sara & Sean Watkins 

From Sara's 2012 release Sun Midnight Sun.  Mason Jar Music + thebluegrasssituation + Telluride = yes, please! 

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This is not Dueling Banjos: The Married Couple Edition.

Stream Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn’s new album from NPR Music’s First Listen. 

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The banjoiest of couples releases their first album together. Let the world rejoice.

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Colleen Malone | Hot Rize

They're back, y'all! Takin the world by storm - again. Hot Rize has a new, soon-to-be-released album and they're on tour supporting it. Do yourself a favor and don't miss them. 

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You Were on My Mind | Tim O’Brien (via thebluegrasssituation)

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THIS MAN. Good lord, he’s just the best. 

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With Body and Soul | Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys

A haunting, sad, and sweet number recorded on the Grand Ole Opry. Happy Birthday, Big Mon. Thanks for everything

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Frank Solivan - lead vocals and mandolin, Danny Booth - bass and low harmony vocals, Chris Luquette - guitar, Mike Munford - banjo, Rob Ickes - dobro, Megan McCormick (writer) - high harmony vocals From the new album COLD SPELL, out now on Compass Records: http://compassrecords.com/album.php?id=1059

This band is quickly becoming one of the most important, forward-thinking bluegrass bands on the scene. With hard driving, mashy bluegrass tunes, jammy hippie dance tunes, and plaintive, haunting beauties like this one. 

If you don't think bluegrass is entertaining live, you haven't seen this guys. Oh and, they keep racking up the IBMA nods. Check 'em out, everybody. 

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Nominations for 2014 International Bluegrass Music Awards

August 13, 2014 NASHVILLE, TN,- Nominees for the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Awards were announced today at a press conference in Nashville, Tennessee

Another year, another awards show! If you needed to do any bluegrass studying, this list includes almost everybody you need to know. 

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Bryan Sutton | Cricket on the Hearth

From his recent solo release, Into My Own on Sugar Hill.  Featuring Samson Grisman on bass, Noam Pikelny on banjo, Luke Bulla on fiddle, and Casey Campbell on mandolin. 

Be looking for Bryan Sutton on tour with Hot Rize. 

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I've Been Mostly Awake - a bluegrass songwriter's IBMA benefit album

An album of original songs, sung by my co-writers and backed by an all-star band: The Lonesome Heirs. All profits from album sales will go to the IBMA.

Please help support Jon Weisberger and his cast of incomparable bluegrass greats create this album to benefit IBMA! Collaborators include: Pam Tillis, Dale Ann Bradley, Shawn Camp, the Gibson Brothers, Claire Lynch, Tim O'Brien, Jim Lauderdale, Kim Richey, Sierra Hull, Chris Jones and Sarah Siskind--along with Jeremy Garrett (Infamous Stringdusters) and Stephen Mougin (Sam Bush Band). It's a one of a kind project that deserves our support. 

I'm excited to get my autographed copy. 

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'After 24 years away, legendary bluegrass quartet Hot Rize is back in the saddle, announcing a new album, When I'm Free, out September 30. Hailed by Steve Martin (yes, that Steve Martin) as “the connective tissue that links the great founders of bluegrass with the modern tradition,” Hot Rize started in 1978 and have picked up where they left off after disbanding at the peak of their fame in 1990. Featuring three of the original members, they've added Grammy winner Bryan Sutton on guitar to replace Charles Sawtelle, who passed away in 2002.

Listen to “Blue Is Fallin’,” the first track off When I’m Free, right here, and get ready to see Hot Rize live on what they promise will be a “massive tour.”’

So excited for the return of this incredible band! The sensibility and raw power of bluegrass with a progressive vision. We could all use more Hot Rize! 

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Big Blue Raindrops The Del McCoury Band

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THESE. GUYS. The absolute best of the best, right here. That's Jason Carter on the fiddle, Alan Bartram on the bass and the three McCoury's - Ronnie on mandolin, Rob on banjo, and Del himself on guitar and vocals. 

I could listen to these guys nonstop. Get their Grammy-winning album (with this track) The Streets of Baltimore. You need it. It is spectacular.

Bluegrass. Reclaimed. 

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"How I Wrote That Song" Nickel Creek - Helena 

7 years was worth the wait. 

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"What’s your biggest regret?" "I wish I’d joined the Bluegrass singing group in college. I don’t think they’d have let me in, but they always seemed to be having so much fun! That’s not a good answer, is it?"

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The Nashville Bluegrass Band.

One of the foremost traditional bluegrass bands of the modern era, the NBB has been nominated for multiple GRAMMY awards. Check out this awesome “vintage” taping of a show called New Country that was filmed on Cannery Row in Nashville, TN. 

Pat Enright on guitar, Alan O’Bryant on Banjo, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Mike Compton on mandolin, and Mark Hembree on bass. Bela Fleck produced the record, My Native Home, that was released right around the taping of this video. 

If you want to hear some of the best bluegrass that’s ever been created, check out their entire discography. None of it disappoints. None. 

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Here's your first view of fiddler Darol Anger's new project E-and'a (as in the way they counted the music - a little looser than 1-e-and-a). The David Grisman Quintet co-founder, creator of the Republic of Strings, and Berklee professor releases the collective's self-titled new record this March on Adventure Music.

We love the Bluegrass Situation and we LOVE Darol Anger! So great to hear some more cutting edge bluegrass/old-time from him. Such a great band too. Darol, Joe Walsh, Courtney Hartman, Lukas Pool, and Sharon Gilchrist. Check out this video of Pogo Big (or Pogo Home.)