Fervor Coulee Bluegrass Archive

December 2024

• Favorite Bluegrass Albums of 2024

November 2024

• Amanda Cook- Restless Soul
• Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms- Gold in Your Pocket review
• NEW ROOTSICANA & BLUEGRASS RADIO SHOW on CJSR/CJSR.com
• Tidalwave Road- "The Bonfire Sessions" review
• Route 3- Just Believe review

August 2024

• Rick Spinney Interview, Blueberry Music Festival, 2024 08 03

April 2024

• 2024 Western Canada Bluegrass Fests including Blueberry Music Festival

February 2024

• Alison Krauss, Robert Plant to headline Edmonton Folk Music Festival, 2024

December 2023

• The 2024 Bluegrass Grammy Will Go To...
• Fervor Coulee's Favorite Bluegrass Albums of 2023

July 2023

• Bluegrass & Grassicana Coming to Alberta's Blueberry & Edmonton Folk Fests

May 2023

• The Bluegrass, Old-Time, & Grassicana Side of Edmonton Folk Music Festival, 2023

March 2023

• Western Canada's Bluegrass Summer 2023 Taking Shape

November 2022

• Billy Strings and Terry Barber "Me/And/Dad"

August 2022

• Tony Rice, "Guitar" vinyl reissue reviewed

January 2022

• James Reams Like a Flowing River & Soundtrack Album

December 2021

• Fervor Coulee's Favourite Bluegrass Albums of 2021
• Pinecastle and Bonfire Recent Releases

November 2021

• Doc Watson "Life's Work: A Retrospective"

September 2021

• Jeremy Stephens "How I Hear It"
• Darin and Brooke Aldrige "This Life We're Livin'"
• Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass Bluegrass Troubadour

July 2021

• 2021 IBMA Award Nominees, Inductees Announced
• IBMA Industry and Momentum Award Nominees announced

May 2021

• Vinyl Ventures: My Fifty Years at Rounder Records by Bill Nowlin

March 2021

• Barry Abernathy & Friends

November 2020

• Virtual Bluegrass Workshops: 20 Workshops in 20 Weeks

October 2020

• We Shall All Be Reunited: Revisiting the Bristol Sessions, 1927-1928
• Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
• IBMA Awards, 2020- Donald's Recap

September 2020

• Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, 2020

June 2020

• IBMA, 2020 Hall of Fame: more of the same?

May 2020

• "Chicago Barn Dance" Another winning album from Special Consensus

December 2019

• Donald Teplyske's Favourite Bluegrass Albums of 2019

October 2019

• Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, 2019

August 2019

• Ten Takeaways from Blueberry Bluegrass 2019
• Blue Highway- Somewhere Far Away (Rounder Records)

July 2019

• First-time festival MC, long-time attendee
• Lonesome River Band- Outside Looking In review

June 2019

• Chris Jones & the Night Drivers- The Choosing Road

March 2019

• Tim O'Brien Band Self-titled

February 2019

• Della Mae- The Butcher Shoppe EP
• Big Country Bluegrass- Mountains, Mamas and Memories
• Blueberry Bluegrass - the little festival that always does

December 2018

• Fervor Coulee Bluegrass' Favourite Albums of 2018

October 2018

• "Come See About Me: A Benefit for the IBMA Trust Fund"

September 2018

• The Louvin Brothers- Love and Wealth: The Lost Recordings review
• Kathy Kallick Band- Horrible World review

August 2018

• Blueberry Bluegrass, 2018-In Review

July 2018

• Blueberry Bluegrass 2018 Schedule

June 2018

• Three Digital Vintage Releases from CMH Records

May 2018

• Alberta's Blueberry Bluegrass Festival, August 3-5, 2018

January 2018

• Curly Seckler 1919-2017

November 2017

• The Ballad of Three Alberta Bluegrass DJs
• BIG Business News in Bluegrass- Compass Buys Red House
• Murder Murder "Wicked Lines & Veins": Canadian Bluegrass Reinvented

September 2017

• 2017 International Bluegrass Music Awards- Hopes & Predictions
• John Reischman & the Jaybirds- On That Other Green Shore

August 2017

• Alberta's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Society Festival Revitalized

July 2017

• Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival, August 4-6, 2017
• 2017's Best Bluegrass Albums: January to June

May 2017

• We Just Called Him King- New music with James King in mind

April 2017

• Gold...In A Way- James King "Thirty Years of Farming"

March 2017

• In With the Old- My Mother's Couch
• James Reams Film in Production

February 2017

• And the Bluegrass Grammy goes to...
• The (Bluegrass) Grammys are coming! The (Bluegrass) Grammys are coming!

January 2017

• The Infamous Stringdusters- Laws of Gravity

December 2016

• Gold...In A Way- Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys- Live at Mechanics Hall
• Fervor Coulee Bluegrass' Favorite Bluegrass Albums of 2016

October 2016

• The IBMA and Hazel Dickens

September 2016

• 2016 International Bluegrass Music Awards
• 2016 International Bluegrass Music Awards- predictions and musings

August 2016

• Benson, "Stringworks," and problem with bluegrass instrumental albums

June 2016

• Blueberry (& Other) Alberta/Saskatchewan Bluegrass Festivals

May 2016

• James King, 1958-2016

April 2016

• James Reams "Rhyme & Season" Song-by-Song

March 2016

• James Reams - "Rhyme & Season" Interview (The extended dance edition)

February 2016

• Del McCoury Band & Woody Guthrie...Finally

January 2016

• Now, this is Bluegrass! Danny Paisley & Southern Grass

December 2015

• Best Bluegrass Album, Grammy Nominees 2016

November 2015

• The Grascals- And Then There's This
• Gold...In A Way- "The SteelDrivers," featuring Chris Stapleton

October 2015

• International Bluegrass Music Awards, 2015- Minute By Minute

August 2015

• Fervor Coulee's Reaction to the IBMA Nominations

July 2015

• Gold...In A Way- Sam Bush "Circles Around Me"
• Bluegrass Soundtrack- Summer of 2015, part 2
• Dale Ann Bradley- Pocket Full of Keys
• Bluegrass Soundtrack- Summer of 2015

June 2015

• Big Country Bluegrass- Country Livin'
• Blueberry Bluegrass Festival- the 30th Anniversary: Stony Plain, Alberta

May 2015

• Call for Support- James Reams & the Barnstormers
• Coming Soon- Bluegrass Birth Announcements

February 2015

• Bluegrass, "Tommy," and Silly-Arsed Names
• The Grammys are tonight...but so is The Walking Dead

December 2014

• Merry Christmas Bluegrass Bands- My Gifts to You

November 2014

• Nick Hornbuckle- Twelve By Two (Plus or Minus One) Equals Outstanding
• Dobroist Uncle Phil Leadbetter's Next Move

October 2014

• Donald's Take on the 2014 IBMA Awards Broadcast

August 2014

• Larry Sparks- Lonesome and Then Some
• Gold...In A Way- The Circuit Riders "Let the Ride Begin"

July 2014

• Jon Weisberger & Friends Crowdsourcing for IBMA Benefit Album

June 2014

• Have You Heard Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II's Side By Side?

April 2014

• Gold...In A Way- David Parmley & Continental Divide
• James King- Three Chords and the Truth

February 2014

• Tony Trischka "Great Big World" Rounder Records
• Blue Highway- "The Game"

December 2013

• 2014 Roots Grammy Nominations, including Bluegrass

November 2013

• The Ethics of the Freelance Writer

October 2013

• The Best of Bluegrass, Autumn 2013
• In which the bluegrass community turns on itself...

August 2013

• Blue Mafia- My Cold Heart review

July 2013

• Doyle Lawson Gives Back to His Fans
• Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival, Stony Plain, AB August 2-4, 2013

June 2013

• David Via Attack Should Send a Chill Through House Concert Presenters
• The Story Behind...John Reischman & The Jaybirds

May 2013

• Don Rigsby "Doctor's Orders: A Tribute to Ralph Stanley"
• Peter Rowan "The Old School

April 2013

• Tina Adair Band- "Born Bad"

March 2013

• The Story Behind...James Reams & the Barnstormers
• John Driskell Hopkins & Balsam Range- Daylight
• The Story Behind...The Special Consensus

February 2013

• Flatt Lonesome falls flat
• Bluegrass Band Names
• Cahalen Morrison & Eli West- Our Lady of the Tall Trees
• Annie Lou

January 2013

• Darin and Brooke Aldridge- "Live at Red, White, and Bluegrass"
• I can't imagine a reason to watch Leno...except for The Grascals
• Monroe Crossing- The Road Has No End
• 2012's Overlooked Bluegrass Albums

November 2012

• Chris Daniels "Better Days"
• Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers-"They're Playing My Song" Review
• Gold...In A Way Steve Earle & the Del McCoury Band

September 2012

• International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, 2012
• The Earl Brothers- Outlaw Hillbilly
• New Songs from Chris Jones & the Nightdrivers

August 2012

• Gold...In A Way- Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press

July 2012

• Blue Highway, Rhonda Vincent, & Gibson Brothers Headline Blueberry 2012
• Putumayo Presents Bluegrass

May 2012

• Doc Watson- Legacy
• "Bluefield" by Ralph Stanley II
• Steep Canyon Rangers "Nobody Knows You"

April 2012

• Special Consensus Hits the Top 5

March 2012

• The Special Consensus "Scratch Gravel Road"
• Ready, Set...Download
• James Reams: The next phase

February 2012

• Meta-analysis of the Top Bluegrass Albums of 2011

January 2012

• America, Where Have You Gone?

December 2011

• Canada's The Spinney Brothers Sign with U.S. Label
• The Bluegrass Charts- December 4, 2011 Edition

November 2011

• The Bluegrass Charts- November 20, 2011 Edition
• Three Exceptional Bluegrass Gospel Albums Discussed

October 2011

• The Spinney Brothers- Live
• The Bluegrass Charts- October 22, 2011 Edition
• Laurie Lewis- Skippin' and Flyin': A deep Bill Monroe tribute
• Bluegrass Whiplash- Don't Watch That Chart Too Closely
• The Latest Bluegrass Chart

September 2011

• IBMA Award- Musings and Predictions
• Five more albums for the Bill Monroe Centennial

August 2011

• Bluegrass Dun Rong
• Five Albums for the Bill Monroe Centennial
• Blue Highway's Sounds of Home
• Five More Songs for the Bill Monroe Centennial
• Dale Ann Bradley's "Somewhere South of Crazy"
• Five Songs for the Bill Monroe Centennial

July 2011

• Alison Krauss & Union Station leave no one unsatisfied
• Kenny Baker 1926-2011
• Niall Toner Band releases William Smith Monroe
• Ten Bluegrass Songs for Canada Day

June 2011

• Put Your Money Where Your Ears Are- Support WDVX
• Jim Lauderdale- "Reason and Rhyme" Sugar Hill Records

May 2011

• Rebel Records- Digitally Refreshing Bluegrass's Past
• Sarah Jarosz - And she turns just twenty tomorrow...
• Flamekeeper...and out!

March 2011

• Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers "Hymns from the Hills" Rebel Records

February 2011

• New from Mountain Heart

January 2011

• "Winter's Bone- Music from the Motion Picture"
• Big Country Bluegrass "The Boys in Hats & Ties" Rebel Records
• Chris Jones, "Cloud of Dust." & Playing Air-Bass