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No Longer Second Fiddle, Dave Rawlings Changes His Tune
Above: Musician Dave Rawlings. Below: Rawlings and partner Gillian Welch perform together onstage at the 930 Club in Washington, D.C. Photos by Kate Gardiner Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings have...
View ArticleConversation: Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs has sold millions of records and won 14 Grammys, but the most important marker of success for him is a strong spiritual life. His latest album, “Mosaic,” focuses in on his spiritual side...
View ArticleAbigail Washburn Uses Banjo as Tool for Diplomacy
Filmed by Lauren Knapp and Anne Strother For over a decade Abigail Washburn, a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player, knew she wanted to help improve Chinese-American relations. She just never...
View ArticleFor ‘Chambergrass’ Group Crooked Still, Everything Old is New Again
Art Beat interviewed Crooked Still at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA., in May. Video by Lauren Knapp and Saskia De Melker Asked to describe their music, Aoife O’Donovan, lead singer of Americana...
View ArticleRemembering ‘Brilliant’ Banjo Player Earl Scruggs, Poet Adrienne Rich
JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, we remember two American artists, beginning with poet Adrienne Rich, in her own words. Rich was one of the most widely-read and influential poets of her time, a leading...
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Music Legend Doc Watson Dies at Age 89
Doc Watson at the 2009 Musicfest ‘N Sugar Grove. Photo by Appalachian Encounters via Flickr. Doc Watson, a legend of folk and bluegrass music, died Tuesday at a hospital in North Carolina, his manager...
View ArticleRemembering Doc Watson, Who Moved Guitar Pickin’ to Center Stage
JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, we remember music legend Doc Watson, who died last night at age 89. He was born and lived most of his life in Deep Gap, North Carolina, became blind as an infant,...
View ArticleMandolin Master Chris Thile Plays Bluegrass and Bach Outside the Box
RAY SUAREZ: Next: a mandolin virtuoso who defies musical boundaries. Chris Thile has recorded bluegrass, country, folk, and jazz. Tomorrow, he releases a new album of Bach sonatas. Jeffrey Brown has...
View ArticleFlood-displaced musicians perform ‘Smile’ at RockyGrass music fest
We're sorry, the rights for this video have expired. In September of 2013, a flood wiped out homes in Lyons, Colorado. The town of 2,000 people just outside of Boulder considers itself an artist...
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Bluegrass festival keeps Colorado town afloat after flood
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSSome residents find ‘nothing salvageable’ in flood-ravaged Colo. communities Colo. tourist destination suffers ‘double whammy’ of floods, government...
View ArticleAmerican music of days gone by endures in Virginia
Joe Wilson, folklorist and founder of the Crooked Road musical heritage tour, talks to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about the enduring legacy of old-time music in Virginia’s Blue Ridge...
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Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn meld marriage with musical collaboration
Watch Video | Listen to the Audio GWEN IFILL: Finally tonight, on a lighter note, we end with Jeffrey Brown’s story of bluegrass players wedded to making music together and to each other. (MUSIC)...
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Column: A banker-turned-banjo player finds payoff in her passion
Alison Brown is a USA Artists fellow, a three-time Grammy winner and co-founder of Nashville-based Compass Records. But she only got there by deciding to leave her desk job, a career she says was “born...
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Ralph Stanley, man of constant sorrow and bluegrass legend, dies at 89
Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys during Bonnaroo 2007 in Manchester, Tennessee. Photo by Jason Merritt/FilmMagic for Superfly Presents Bluegrass hall of famer Ralph Stanley died Thursday...
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Remembering Ralph Stanley and his ‘God-given voice’
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Finally, tonight, we mark the passing of a bluegrass pioneer. Ralph Stanley died overnight at the age of 89, after a long battle with skin cancer. His...
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