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In putting together their new album Nothing But Green Willow: The Songs Of Mary Sands and Jane Gentry, Grammy-nominated and IBMA Award-winning songwriter and guitarist Thomm Jutz and his latest trans-Atlantic collaborator, the 32-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-nominated Martin Simpson, knew for a fact that they weren’t the only musicians who’d long obsessed over Cecil Sharp’s “English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians” collection.
String instrument players from across generations converged recently at Clifftop (the Appalachian String Band Music Festival) and the Hammons Family Fiddle and Banjo Contests and World Class Jam.
Carson Peters and Iron Mountain will be performing a concert this Saturday to benefit the new spay and neuter clinic that is being planned for the Elizabethton/Carter County Animal Shelter.
Colorado-based bluegrass & Americana quintet Wood Belly have released “Play Me Out,” a brand new single that celebrates a new chapter of an expanded lineup with the additions of drummer Dylan French and bassist & vocalist Brennan Mackey. Available today via Americana Vibes, the track is the first studio material to be unveiled with the new lineup with more to come over the course of 2023 and beyond.