US act The Dixie Bee-Liners play their first concerts in the UK next week, with appearances at Fairport’s Cropredy Convention in Oxfordshire (13th), and at Cold Dog Soup’s alt.bluegrass mini-festival in Reading (14th).
We spoke to the band’s singer Brandi Hart about their upcoming visit and the group’s recent release Susanville.
Read the interview here. Details of [...]
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Interview: The Dixie Bee-Liners
August 5th, 2010
Feature: Banjos go commercial
March 29th, 2010
You may have noticed the sound of bluegrass music seeping into a surprising number of television shows recently.
The strains of banjo and dobro have become a favourite to play over pictures of landscapes and the general outdoors on programmes such as Countryfile.
On the commercial channels, banjos seem to be taking over the adverts [...]
Feature: Bluegrass in schools
July 23rd, 2009
Earlier this month, young bluegrass musicians Michael Giverin and Jay Bradberry of Jaywalkers, along with banjo player John Breese, took their music to several schools in the South Gloucestershire region.
Aiming to introduce the genre to a new generation of music fans, the trio played at eight schools over five days. Jay has kindly written about [...]
2009 festival guide
March 6th, 2009
The bluegrass festival season starts next month and we’ve put together a preview of all the events for 2009.
The guide has all this year’s festivals and picking weekends, where and when they’re happening, who’s playing and links to more information. Our festival map gives a quick and easy way to get driving directions to all [...]
Interview: Rabbi John
November 25th, 2008
Gloucestershire band Rabbi John have recently returned to action after a long break, releasing a new CD entitled Further.
We spoke to their guitarist, mandolinist and percussionist Jason Titley about the band and the album.
Read the full interview here.
Jaywalkers on BBC radio
October 23rd, 2008
Jaywalkers are appearing on BBC Radio Lancashire’s folk music show The Drift between 8 and 9pm on Friday (24th).
The show will be broadcast on 103.9, 95.5 & 104.5 FM in Lancashire and can also be heard on the station’s website by those outside the region.
The duo, Michael Giverin and Jay Bradberry, are appearing on the [...]
Interview: Cadillac Sky
August 15th, 2008
The 20th Didmarton Bluegrass Festival takes place between August 29th and 31st at Kemble Airfield, near Cirencester, and will feature a line-up of bands from the USA, Europe and Great Britain.
Headliners this year are Texas five-piece Cadillac Sky who release their second album, Gravity’s Our Enemy, on August 19th. We spoke to the band’s singer [...]
Interview: (more) Growling Old Men
May 14th, 2008
(more) Growling Old Men is a transatlantic supergroup featuring Leon Hunt and Dom Harrison of England’s Daily Planet, and Ben Winship and John Lowell of America’s Growling Old Men.
The band has toured twice in the UK in recent years and has now taken its act one step further with an album, Shuttle Diplomacy. We spoke [...]
Interview: The Toy Hearts
April 16th, 2008
The Toy Hearts are well known faces on the British bluegrass scene and have established a strong reputation and loyal fan base over the past few years.
Their second album is due for release soon and they have several festival appearances lined up for the summer. We spoke to members Hannah and Sophia Johnson about the [...]
Interview: Southern Tenant Folk Union
March 10th, 2008
The second album from Southern Tenant Folk Union is released this month. Revivals, Rituals & Union Songs is another genre-defying collection of original songs from the London based band.
ukbluegrass asked banjo player Pat McGarvey about life on the road with STFU, and the new album.
Read the full article here.
The band played a private launch [...]
