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Doc Watson and Frosty Morn’s Round the Table Again

Doc Watson is indeed “a legend,” as he is introduced at the beginning of this live disc. With its second live Watson release in as many years, Sugar Hill has bookended the extraordinary career of this blind guitarist and singer … Continue reading

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Hot Rize’s So Long of a Journey and James King’s Thirty Years of Farming

Here are two discs from very different places on the spectrum of contemporary bluegrass music. Hot Rize, based in Boulder, Colorado, was an innovative band capable of playing straight bluegrass with the best of the traditional bands, as well as … Continue reading

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Various Artists’ O Sister!

If mainstream country music was dominated by men in its early years, the same was doubly true of bluegrass. With a few exceptions, bluegrass has been largely a men’s genre for much of its history. But women have always been … Continue reading

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Doc Watson’s Doc Watson at Gerdes Folk City

It’s hard to come up with enough superlatives for Doc Watson, one of the holy trinity of innovative and influential country guitar players, along with Merle Travis and Chet Atkins. But Watson is more than a guitar picker. He’s a … Continue reading

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