Nora Brown is a guitar and banjo player from Brooklyn. Nora started learning music at the age of 6 from the late Shlomo Pestcoe.
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The Bluegrass Standard – Feb 2023
The Bluegrass Standard Rel;eases its Free February 2023 Issue
Jamie Johnson Rejoins The Grascals
Some t twenty years ago Terry Eldredge, Jamie Johnson, Jimmy Mattingly, Dave Talbot, Terry Smith, and Danny Roberts played a fateful run of shows at the Station Inn as an unnamed band in February of 2004. From there the Grascals emerged.
Bluegrass Standard Jan 2023
The Bluegrass Standard Magazine dedicate the first 2023 issue to the Women of Bluegrass. While this issue isn’t the...
The Bluegrass Standard Dec 2022
The feature story this month is a book review. The book by John McEuen (Will The Circle Revisited) features Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Earl Scruggs, “Mother” Maybelle and the Carter Family, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, and Vassar Clements.
Grammy Nomination For Peter Rowan
American roots music legend Peter Rowan has just been nominated for The 65th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Bluegrass Album.
Hog Grass Entertainment Launch
The Cleverlys Announce New Agency: Hog Grass Entertainment Paul Harris and Ben Wilson have announced the formation of...
Grits ‘n Grass Festival
With a struggling festival industry closing doors and locking gates all over the country, Wilson Pickins Promotions, along with The Hagood Historic Mill Site have announced a new music festival initiative to be held in the heart of the USA’s Blueridge Mountains.
The Bluegrass Standard Nov-22
In the USA, November begins the season of thanks and giving. Thus The Bluegrass Standard want to begin by saying thank you for your continued support, and promise to keep giving you the best in bluegrass and beyond.
Westport Folk & Bluegrass Festival
Film maker Rickie O’Neill has sent me a short film he has made on the now popular Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival in County Mayo, Ireland.
Dale Ann Bradley Suffers Heart Attack
Over the weekend, Dale Ann Bradley was admitted to the Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. It was determined that she had a heart attack and will need to undergo triple bypass surgery later this week.
Dan Tyminski Signs with 8 Track Entertainment
Grammy, IBMA and CMA award-winning multi-platinum star, Dan Tyminski, Signs with 8 Track Entertainment. Tyminski’s...