Darin and Brooke Aldridge make beautiful music together. On their new album, Talk of the Town, the first couple of bluegrass — he’s a first-class mandolinist and guitarist, and she’s a four-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year — build […]
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It may not be too much to say that Darin and Brooke Aldridge are the reigning king and queen of bluegrass. On their new album, This Life We’re Livin’, The husband-and-wife duo’s anointed harmonies float over guitar, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, […]
A mournful fiddle, backed by the muted strum of a mandolin, opens Darin and Brooke Aldridge’s achingly gorgeous version of The Louvin Brothers’ “Every Time You Leave.” After the first four instrumental bars, the duo adds their layers of near-perfect […]
It seems that while many of us have been focused on the rough and rowdy portion of roots music, there has been a revolution in bluegrass that is just as significant as the one in the early 1970s. Diversity is […]
One of the locations where bluegrass music originated can be found in the area just west of Charlotte, North Carolina, in Gaston and Cleveland counties. Earl Scruggs was born there, near Shelby, the county seat of Cleveland County, which I’m […]
Some people are vehemently opposed to awards show and argue that they should be avoided at all cost. Some will even argue that award shows are single-handedly smothering the very life out the genres of music that we love so […]
Tucked in an artsy, bohemian area of West Asheville is a former movie theater turned restaurant, bar and music hall … and it’s quickly developed a reputation as a “go to” venue for great music. The Isis Restaurant & Music […]
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