Category: Review
Cup O’Joe comprises of brothers Benjamin and Reuben Agnew and sister Tabitha Benedict, all in their twenties, who have who have grown and honed their musical skills as they themselves have grown and matured from their early teenage years as a family band. “In The Parting” is the long awaited, first full-length album coming from […]
12 songs, 12 vintage guitars. Played, mixed and mastered by Ondra Kozak Just now and again something truly extraordinary gets recorded, this CD is one of them; a wonderful work, from master guitarist Ondra Kozak. Ondra is well known all over Europe for his incredible technique and interesting interpretation of tunes, this album is no […]
Ten years ago, on February 17th 2010, The Mandolin Picker’s Guide to Bluegrass improvisation by Jesper Rübner-Petersen was released for the first time. The Book was published by Mel Bay publications and even though it wasn’t a USA made product, the impact on European Bluegrass was enormously. The feedback was overwhelming and the book was […]
Prucha Banjos is a great manufacturer of Banjos in the Chechz Republic. In 2019 they constructed a workshop to deal with the demand for its instruments. As a result of EBMA's corporation with Prucha Banjos we are glad to present this video from the opening party in December 2019.
A CD-Review by Eugene O’Brien The “Louvat Brothers” comprises three excellent and talented musicians; Steve Louvat (banjo) Michel Vrydag (electric bass) and Jeff Cardey (guitar and mandolin). They have their feet in many music genres and have played to audiences all over the world. This 15-track CD is a very personal set of original compositions, […]
For the 11th time, the Bluegrass Jamboree went on tour through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The Jamboree is an event that Bluegrass fans are looking forward to all year long. A big thank you to the organizer Rainer Zellner for the distribution of Bluegrass Music in Central Europe.
13-17 April 2020 Europe’s biggest bluegrass camp will celebrate its 25th season on 2020. It will be a very special week for a very special camp. Over the years it has welcomed musicians of all standards and those who have been there already will know that quality of tuition is high, the jams are long […]
The Roche Festival is Europe’s largest festival with bands and artists from all over Europe and the USA. A big part of the festival is the band competition for European Bluegrass Band of the Year. EBMA was proud to partner La Roche in the competition and supported European bluegrass bands by adding to the prize […]
For five years the Bluegrassfestival Freiolsheim has been an integral part of the cultural calendar of bluegrass lovers in and around Freiolsheim (Baden Würtemberg). „We have never had so many people here“, said the organizer, Jürgen Krämer, who was very lucky about the bought out „Mahlberghalle“. The first band of the evening was „The Lonesome […]
It’s 2019 and you decide to sign up for Adiaha Bürkmiller’s bluegrass camp where you can spend a long weekend with other like-minded folks, take lessons, practice, jam, perform, go to concerts, relax and enjoy the Bavarian Alps and cuisine. Partners are also welcome to join in. Soon thereafter, you get instructions on how to […]