His broadcasting career began at WDVX in 1999, at only nine years old, when he impressed station manager Tony Lawson with his bluegrass knowledge, showing up to the camper where the station then resided. Leach’s grandpa brought him down each week to cohost with Lawson, and Alex has since been twice named as SPBGMA’s Bluegrass DJ of The Year.

We saw him for several years on banjo with Ralph Stanley II, and was a member of the Clinch Mountain Boys when II took it over after his father’s passing. And he wrote what may go down as among the most iconic and stylistically perfect bluegrass songs in existence in Mountain Heartache, which he sang regularly with Ralph.

Leach fronted his own Alex Leach Band for a time, and released a pair of albums, but is now the “old guy” in Wyatt Ellis’ band, playing guitar.

He continues to write and record under his own name, with a new single set to release later this month, Morning Green, one he composed, and the initial drop of a number of new songs set to hit in the near future.

As Leach describes it…

“Morning Green is the first of many original songs I am so proud to share with everyone. I feel like my songwriting has taken a very personal direction over the last couple of years, and I have really been pouring my soul into everything I put on paper. To me, singing a song that I have created myself just fuels the energy to put my heart into every note I play and sing, and I hope the listener can feel that when they listen.”

Alex plays guitar, banjo, and bass, and sings the lead vocal, supported by Wyatt Ellis on mandolin and Noah Goebel on fiddle. His wife, Miranda Leach, adds vocal harmony.

Have a listen.

Look for Morning Green at popular download and streaming services on July 30. Radio programmers can find it now at Get It Played.

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They describe the songs as having a 1950s throwback vibe, serving a story about a colorful cast of small town characters, and the happenings that surround an annual county fair cornbread contest. Heartfelt moments collide with sharp humor, which is capped by a wedding that takes place inside the Jericho County jail.

From the announcement yesterday…

The musical centers on Irene McGibboney, the long-reigning champion of Jericho County’s coveted cornbread competition. After winning the contest for the eleventh year in a row, Irene returns home to face her hard-drinking, abusive husband Dan. When a moment of frustration leads to a fatal skillet blow and a hasty cover story involving a mule, the town’s well-meaning but earnest Sheriff Ron Pursley must untangle the truth—leading to gossip, courtroom drama, and an unlikely romance.

Well I never!

The bluegrass world knows Buller from her long career as a songwriter, bandleader, recording artist, and performer. She’s the first female winner of the IBMA’s Fiddle Player of the Year, just one of her ten trophies over the years. On top of her extensive touring schedule, Becky is an adjunct professor of Roots Music Marketing at East Tennessee State University.

Brown is a grasser as well, a founding member and banjo picker with Spatial Effects in northwest Georgia, and a songwriter whose music has been recorded by a number of both regional and national artists. He is also the co-writer of a previous musical comedy with a bluegrass theme, Fat Shirley’s: A Trailer Park Opera, with bandmate David Crawford. Tom retired as an educator for the Whitfield County Schools in Georgia, and has been involved in bluegrass most of his life.

Becky and Tom say that this collaboration grew from their shared love of traditional music, southern humor, and real life storytelling.

Brown says of this new effort…

“Country and bluegrass songs have always told great stories. A musical comedy gives us the chance to let those stories unfold with larger-than-life characters, a little mischief, and plenty of music.”

Buller agrees, noting that writing this stage play and musical has combined her love of songwriting and storytelling.

“It’s got everything—great characters, a bit of scandal, a lot of laughter, and of course plenty of music.”

An initial run for The Great Skillet Killin’ of Jericho County is scheduled for November 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, and 15, staged by the Murray Arts Council, at the Dèrr-Berry event space in Chatsworth, GA.

Auditions are set for August 4 and 6 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., and August 8 from 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Additional information can be found by contacting Tom Brown by phone (706-581-8025) or email (greatskilletkillin@yahoo.com).

 Sounds like a hoot!

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Bingo, Euchre, Texas Hold’em, corn hole, golf cart decorating and parade, and karaoke! What a way to start a week!

The 29^th Marshall Bluegrass Festival has blasted off. The Calhoun County Fairgrounds is teeming with bluegrass campers.

The stage show kicks off Thursday at noon with three days of great bluegrass music. Eighteen bands will cross the Marshall stage in the three days.

Saturday sees the band scramble which is always a festival favorite. 

Join festival promoters Jeremie Cole and Alexus Ross for a big weekend of bluegrass music!

Support your local music venues.

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The band is made up of Jessica Watson on banjo and guitar, Duck Ryan on guitar and banjo, and Cody Bauer on fiddle. Their trio is supplemented by Vince Ilagen on bass.

This latest song is one written and sung by Jessica, You Don’t Believe in Love, with a familiar refrain of romantic disappointment when one person is ready to give all, and the other simply isn’t. The Gathering delivers the track with a nice swing twist, with Watson on guitar and Ryan on banjo, singing in duet.

Give it a listen.

You Don’t Believe in Love is available now from popular download and streaming services online, and to radio programmers from AirPlay Direct or Get It Played.

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The docufilm covers Burning Man, an annual weeklong event and temporary metropolis focused on art, community, and self-reliance held in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. The yearly gathering transforms a desert dry lake bed into a pop-up city of over 70,000 residents. Because of the harsh, unpredictable environment, attendees must pack their own food, water, and shelter. The event culminates with the burning of a large wooden effigy.

Here’s the description for this week’s episode on IMDB: 

Burning Man is back in full force with the musicians, singers, and artists that create and run the spectacular art installations. A growing unease resurges among the creatives who fear that the advent of social media influencers and the influx of tech money threaten the original philosophy of the Burning Man community spirit.

Written in 1971, published in 1972, and first released by Louisa in 1977 with her band, Boot Hill, Steel Rails has been recorded by musical icons such as Alison Krauss, John Denver, and Mel Tillis.

Louisa explained how her song became part of the series.

“Like so many of the stories that have to do with Steel Rails, I don’t feel like I had anything to do with it. It’s a mystery to me how my song ended up on a stage at an unusual event that I have never attended. How does a company get a contract to do a movie and spend five years filming and my song is one they selected to use in one for the four episodes? How did we get here? Now, that’s a small miracle or a wonder, at least! 

I got a call last summer and didn’t recognize the number. I thought it was spam and didn’t even listen to the message. They called again so I looked up the area code. It said LA and I thought, I don’t know anyone in Louisana. When they called again, I picked up and it was the person whose company is doing the soundtrack for the documentary. He was calling from Los Angeles, not Louisana! He basically described the production and was calling to get a license to use the song.

He sent me a clip of the footage. It’s just a glimpse into the music. There’s just a chorus and a verse of a guy that I don’t know on stage singing Steel Rails. They just loved how it captured the spirit of the event. It’s kind of intriguing.

It feels different to me than anything else I’ve done. There was lots of paperwork. I’ve learned a lot about [what’s involved] when a song appears in a movie, and it was a learning curve for me. I uncovered some things about my song. Universal has the rights to Steel Rails now. I signed away my publishing when I was 21. I can’t get Steel Rails back until I’m 82.

At the outset, I got some money (with more royalties to come) that Universal primarily negotiated with HBO, but it’s been really good to look back on the path of the song. It’s given me so much more faith in the power of songs. If you do the work, write the song, and get it out there, who knows where it’s going to go? You never know who’s going to hear it.

That’s what songwriting is about: reaching and touching people. It carries its own energy. Songs are born again and again. Every time you perform it, it’s kind of reincarnated.”

There’s another miracle of coincidence in this that connects directly to Louisa’s past and to bluegrass. In the show, there is a gentleman named Ray from Boone, NC, who is a retired combat veteran. He’s African American, one of the few among thousands that go to the festival. He’s curious and feels he needs a “jolt” in his life. Ray connects with a white man also from Boone and jokes, “I never thought I’d ever be listening to bluegrass music and going to a festival full of white people.” 

In the third episode of The Man Will Burn, Ray has just arrived and shows up at the Rootpile stage. The very first song he hears, likely the first bluegrass song in his life, is Steel Rails.

Louisa shared…

“You can’t make this stuff up. I worked with combat veterans as a psychologist for decades, and using songwriting as a transforming tool. The fact that this gentleman is a combat veteran means a lot to me. And he’s from Boone, just down the road from Asheville. Most of all, he ends up hearing his first bluegrass song at Burning Man…..???!!!!  This means the world to me. Who knew you had to go to a hippie festival in the Nevada desert to to hear your first bluegrass song that was written by a girl down the road in North Carolina?  

I plan to go to Boone, find Ray, and see what he thought about Steel Rails, Burning Man, and the gentleman that was kind enough to sing my song. You can make up a song, but you can’t make up life. It’s a marvel all on its own.

I know the documentary is getting high ratings, especially on its cinematography and sound track, and showing all the different Burner subcultures – the artists, tech geniuses, hippies, rowdies, and of course the miscellaneous! But what matters to me is about songs. The flight path of Steel Rails over the last 55 years.”

Louisa is grateful to the bluegrass community for the popularity of her song.

“I give Alison Krauss a giant share of the credit. It was so beautiful what she and her band did, and it gave Steel Rails wings. The unstoppable trajectory of a song, that’s what you leave behind. It gives me comfort that a song can travel like that and reach people.

I thank [the late] Bil Vorndick. He engineered that session. Jerry Douglas helped produce it. The DJs who played it. SPBGMA who elected it Song of the Year.

Steel Rails took a village. You rally around each other to get the song out. We have beliefs and values and have a sense of community and advocacy for each other. That has always been very important to me. It’s really about gratitude. 

I go back over it to remind myself what the important elements of the song are. They don’t have to be complicated. They don’t have to spell out a message. It’s bare bones and a little soul, that’s all you need for a good song. It’s only 2.5 minutes long. I joke that it has like 293 words and it probably doesn’t have that many.”

Louisa is far from done in the music world. She has been busy in the studio producing her 15th album of originals, with Wanda Vick co-producing, for release later this year.

I’m really hoping that some of these songs will mean something to listeners. This [part in a documentary] has given me a boost of energy to renew my faith in songs and to get my new projects out there.”

Her 36th annual Fall Songwriter Retreat will be held November 5-8 in Asheville with guest faculty Byron Hill and Jeanette & Johnny Williams. For info, contact Louisa by email at branscombmusic@gmail.com or visit her online.

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Yes, it was somewhat hot and yes, some scattered rain showers fell shortly after noon on Saturday, but that did not stop the ample crowd of spectators and large number of contestants from attending the 30^th Alleghany County Fiddlers’ Convention sponsored by the Sparta-Alleghany Volunteer Fire Department at the county fairgrounds at Sparta, NC this past weekend.  

Competition in both the bluegrass and old-time band categories and in the individual instrument and vocal contests was close and fierce this year, and the three judges, all seasoned musicians, had their job cut out for them.

 Winners for the 2026 event were:

Junior Dance (Age 9-15)

1. Ella Grim, Independence, VA
2. Elise Mace, Lowgap, NC
3. Highland Hollifield, Independence, VA
4. William Boggs, Clarkesville, GA
5. Hannah Sparks, Mt. Airy, NC

Junior Mandolin

1. Eamon Russell, Abingdon, VA
2. Sarah Walls, Vale, NC
3. Micah Edwards, Mocksville, NC
4. Highland Hollifield, Independence, VA
5. AJ Dean, Madison, NC

Junior Guitar

1. Luke Church, North Wilkesboro, NC
2. Corban Walls, Vale, NC
3. Mason Blevins, Marion, VA
4. Kullen Hollifield, Independence, VA

Junior Banjo

1. Josiah Wilkerson, Lowgap, NC
2. Shawn Rippel, Pilot Mountain, NC
3. Audrey Bradshaw, Ennice, NC
4. Silas Walls, Vale, NC
5. Colton Perry, Mouth of Wilson, VA

Junior Fiddle

1. Sterling Knight Hollifield, Independence, VA
2. Lydia Walls, Vale, NC
3. Silas Wilkerson, Lowgap, NC
4. William Boggs, Clarkesville, GA
5. Molly Wilkerson, Lowgap, NC

Junior Band

1. 4 Walls, Vale, NC
2. The Biscuit Eaters, Lowgap, NC
3. Wildflower Gals & Colby, Independence, VA
4. Barefooted Buzzards, Clarksville, GA
5. Stump Band, Independence, VA

Senior Dance (Age 16+)

1. Candace Noah, Dobson, NC
2. Marty Todd, Mt. Airy, NC
3. Doris Christley, Galax, VA
4. Debbie Yates, Konnarock, VA
5. Jimmy T. Handy, Woolwine, VA

Vocal Duet

1. Levi Head & Elijah Smith, Mt. Airy, NC
2. John & Lynn Powell, Mocksville, NC
3. Maylyn & Marsha Todd, Mt. Airy, NC
4. The Williams Brothers, Statesville, NC
5. Rocky Morris & Deb Kauffman, San Antonio, FL

Vocal

1. Tommy Nichols, Mount Airy, NC
2. Meredith Wilkerson, Lowgap, NC
3. Ella Grim, Independence, VA
4. Dawn Myers, Clemmons, NC
5. Rebekah Myers, Hayes, NC

Bluegrass Fiddle/Banjo Duet

1. Travis Watts & Adam Burrows, Mt. Airy, NC
2. Silas & Josiah Wilkerson, Lowgap, NC
3. Elizabeth Blair & Candace Noah, Dobson, NC
4. Alexander & Benjamin Ferranti, Raleigh, NC
5. Dewey Brown III & Dewey Brown IV, Burlington, NC 

Old Time Fiddle/Banjo Duet

1. Ella Grim & Brian Grim, Independence, VA
2. Kaley Kyger & Jack Circle, Rockingham, VA
3. Kevin Fore & Trish Fore, Galax, VA
4. Robbie Herman & Grayson McGuire, Taylorsville, NC
5. Jared Boyd & Shay Garriock, Floyd, VA

Harmonica

1. Rex Horton, Hillsville, VA
2. David Rabon, Salisbury, NC
3. Andy Cole, Brevard, NC

Autoharp

1. Ronnie Burroughs, Keysville, VA
2. Penny Kilby, Mouth of Wilson, VA
3. Vickie Boyd, Laurel Fork, VA
4. Jimmy T. Handy, Woolwine, VA

Dulcimer

1. Diane Parker, Galax, VA
2. Hanna Cutshall, Piney Creek, NC
3. Eva Casstevens, Mocksville, NC
4. Stella Barnett, Independence, VA
5. Danny Casstevens, Mocksville, NC

Dobro

1. Garrett Bryant, Sparta, NC
2. Caleb Bryant, Elkin, NC
3. James Murdock, Lexington, NC
4. Johnathan McHone, Danbury, NC
5. Charlie Milliron, Ferrum, VA

Mandolin

1. Vincent Bullins, Lawsonville, NC
2. Elijah Smith, Mt. Airy, NC
3. Allan McMillian, Cana, VA
4. Greg Jones, Mt. Airy, NC
5. George Wilder Boggs, Clarksville, GA

Bass Fiddle

1. Timothy Williams, Statesville, NC
2. John Fogleman, Pleasant Garden, NC
3. Chris Johnson, Sparta, NC
4. Scott Gentry, Sparta, NC
5. Michael Plumley, Deer Creek, WV

Guitar

1. Tommy Chandler, Mocksville, NC
2. Hudson Mikeal, Crumpler, NC
3. Cody McGrady, Galax, VA
4. Will Byrd, Brevard, NC
5. Jay Williams, Statesville, NC

Old Time Banjo

1. Trish Fore, Galax, VA 
2. Jared Boyd, Floyd, VA
3. Robbie Herman, Taylorsville, NC
4. Devon Flaherty, Carrboro, NC
5. Debbie Yates, Konnarock, VA

Bluegrass Banjo

1. Stewart Werner III, Rocky Mount, VA
2. Wyatt Bolt, Willis, VA
3. Malachi Bulman, Pinnacle, NC
4. Michael Souther, Statesville, NC
5. Marsha Todd, Mt. Airy, NC

Bluegrass Fiddle

1. Dewey Brown III, Burlington, NC
2. Billy Hawks, Sparta, NC
3. Bethany Prevette, North Wilkesboro, NC
4. David Woodie, Huntersville, NC
5. Elijah Edwards, Mocksville, NC

Old Time Fiddle

1. Adrian Powell, Galax, VA
2. Kevin Fore, Galax, VA
3. Kaley Kyger, Rockingham, VA
4. Wes Coatney, Boone, NC
5. Adam Burrows, Randleman, NC

Old Time Band

1. The Wildcats, Galax, VA
2. New Critter Connection, Konnarock, VA
3. The Hooligans, Galax, VA
4. Southern Pride, Galax, VA
5. Skinny Creek, Pittsboro, NC

Bluegrass Band

1. Granite City Grass, Mt. Airy, NC
2. Pine Swamp Grass, Sparta, NC
3. Mountain Tradition, East Bend, NC
4. New River Line, Woodlawn, VA
5. Troutman Troubadours, Troutman, NC

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The IBMA Industry Awards are given to honor crucial areas of the business outside performing artists, whose contributions are critical to the continuation and furtherance of the music. These are the people who work behind the scenes, and give so much to keep the music alive.

And the 2026 Industry Award nominees are:

Writer of the Year

• Paul Burch
• John Curtis Goad
• Derek Halsey
• Garret K. Woodward 
• Gary Reid 

Photographer of the Year

• Ashli Linkous 
• Laci Mack 
• Scott Simontacchi 
• Jay Strausser
• Madison Thorn 

Sound Engineer of the Year

• Scott Barnett
• Elliot Beckley
• Key Chang 
• Matt Coles
• Cameron Reichert

Event of the Year

• Annapolis Baygrass Music Festival – Annapolis, Maryland
• Bluegrass in La Roche at 20 – La Roche-sur-Foron, France
• Bluegrass Spartanburg – Spartanburg, South Carolina 
• CBA 50th Anniversary Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival – Grass Valley, California
• Marysville Winter Bluegrass Series – Marysville, Ohio

Broadcaster of the Year

• Orin Friesen – Truckers Radio USA
• Barb Heller – NCPR
• Matt Hutchinson – Bluegrass Jam Along podcast
• Michelle Lee – Michelle Lee On Air 
• Peter Thompson – KALW and Bluegrass Country Radio

Songwriter of the Year

• Mark “Brink” Brinkman 
• Chris Jones 
• Rick Lang 
• Tim Stafford 

Graphic Designer of the Year

• Audrey Fletcher 
• Robert Hakalski 
• Grace van’t Hof 
• Carla Wehby 
• Remy Zimmerman 

Liner Notes of the Year

• Safe Sensible & Sane – Alison Brown and Steve Martin; Liner notes by: Alison Brown and Steve Martin 
• Kentucky Troubadour – The Rebel Collection – Don Rigsby; Liner notes by: Daniel Mullins 
• Keep On Keepin’ On – Bobby Osborne, C.J. Lewandowski & Friends; Liner notes by: Daniel Mullins and C.J. Lewandowski
• The Rich-R-Tone/Folk Star Story – Appalachia on Record 1946-1954; Liner notes by: Ted Olson and Matteo Ringressi
• Carroll Best – The Best of the Best – Carroll Best; Liner notes by: Ted Olson

The Momentum Awards are a special category of honors, given to artists and industry professionals in the early stages of their careers, whose contributions are worthy of special note. The exception is the Mentor of the Year, which is chosen to highlight the work of more experienced artists and others who give of their time to assist these developing artists.

And the 2026 Momentum Award nominees are:

Band of the Year

• The Creekers 
• ShadowGrass
• Remedy Tree
• The Cody Sisters 
• Under the Rocks 

Industry Involvement

• Sarah Larsen 
• Melanie Wilson 
• Payton Burdette 
• Helen Ludé
• Rebekah Speer

Instrumentlist of the Year (2 awarded)

• Steven Moore 
• Lilly Anne Svrlinga 
• G Rockwell 
• Luciya Sullivan 
• Jean-Baptiste (JB) Cardineau 
• Noah Gobel 
• Nathan Beaumont

Vocalist of the Year

• Adam Miller 
• Lydia Hamby 
• Morgan Brake 
• Akulina Shamanov
• Ellie Hakanson 

Mentor of the Year

• Louisa Branscomb
• Becky Buller
• Pammy Davis Lassiter 
• Deanie Richardson 
• Jim Pankey

Winners will be announced during the 2026 World of Bluegrass convention. Momentum Awards are typically presented during a luncheon on the Wednesday of World of Bluegrass, and the Industry Awards on the Thursday. These award luncheons are open to all registered World of Bluegrass attendees. Full week and one day registration details can be found online.

Congratulations and best of luck to all the nominees!

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This is most certainly the case with the album’s opening track, Refugee. Written by Aaron Bibelhauser, this song displays the raw, unvarnished struggles of an immigrant attempting to make a life for themselves in a land that struggles to welcome them. Along with Audie McGinnis on guitar and lead vocals, the group also consists of Sav Sankaran on bass and harmony vocals, Tim Gardner on fiddle and harmony vocals, and Zane McGinnis on banjo.

Other selections such as Company Man, by Tim Stafford and Mark Bumgarner, talk of one’s challenges working in a factory trying to make ends meet, while Rhythm of the Ridge by Milan Miller tells a lighter, yet relatable tale about one’s affinity for the Appalachian mountains and the culture which comes from those who make their home there. This latter track features strong, unique lead vocals from Sav Sankaran. 

Two of the nine tracks are interpretations of well-loved material. All The Gold In California was made a country hit by the Gatlin Brothers in 1979, and is given a driving bluegrass treatment here. Barbara Allen on the other hand is a traditional folk song that’s performed in a darker vein than ever before, in large part due to the arrangement by mandolinist Ty Gilpin, who also sings lead on this song.

Heartwood encompasses everything we’ve come to love and expect from a traditionally oriented genre such as bluegrass. It’s blatantly honest, using refined storytelling, and is relatable to a wide segment of listeners. Unspoken Tradition has effectively captured all of those elements with this release.

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I spoke to a young man who considers himself an expert in the area of social media, to see if he’d be willing to answer some of these for me, and he kindly agreed to help out. He seemed troubled by the idea of my giving out advice on the subject, calling my working knowledge of social media and internet-related technical issues “pathetic.”

I tried to take that in stride, since I really agreed with him, even though I might have phrased it a little more subtly than he did (I would have preferred “somewhat pathetic”). I’m just happy to have some help, and this guy appears to be the ideal choice: he has thick glasses, a slightly stained Darth Vader T-shirt, and he doesn’t appear to have been outdoors since he was 12 (two years ago). He doesn’t actually know his name anymore, but he’s happy to answer to any of his user names, so we’ll just call him “gandolf1628.”

Question 1:

My bluegrass band, “Wyndy Breeze” has a Facebook fan page that receives messages, but now when I see the message alert, it’s for the messages from my personal profile. How can I access the band’s messages now? Somebody might be trying to book us or something. – Jerry B.

gandolf1628: That’s pretty easy: Just look on your band page, and scroll over to the “settings” tab, click on that, then hover over “general” until a set of choices appears, scroll down to “security,” click on that, then find “notifications,” hover over that for a few seconds until you see the option “message alerts,” click on that, then find “Admin message notifications” and unclick the box. Then click the box again. Then find “read messages in message field” and click that box, then unclick the box, then click it again. Then back up to the security settings within the “general menu,” click that and choose “Messaging,” then find the “response time” feature. Ignore it. Go back to the settings tab, but not the settings tab for your band page, the settings tab for your personal profile, find the box next to “gluten free” and check it. Then hit save (at the bottom, just under “Post Promotion” and “Post Partum”). Make sure to do all this as your personal profile and not as the administrator of your band page (in other words, your true self). I’d explain how to do that, but you wouldn’t understand.

Question 2:

I’m part of a progressive bluegrass band called “Cabbage Filter” and it seems that when we place a link to our web site in a post, it’s only seen by three people. We also can’t tag friends of ours. Can you help? – Courtney Spink

gandolf1628:  Well, it’s important to place the link in the post the way Facebook wants you to. Embedding it within a photograph or text is frowned upon, so it’s best to follow this simple procedure: Look for the dropdown menu at the corner of your message and hover over that (it’s best to momentarily look away while you do this, and count to 6), then choose the “options” option, from there you’ll have a choice to “add link.” Once you click on that, check the box that says “enable link pasting.” Then click on the little wheel (very similar to the one Ezekiel saw) and choose the “link options option” option, click that, and select “select.” Choose a link to copy, then go back to the previous “option” option, select “copy,” then paste using “control V” or by returning to the “link options” options, selecting “select” then choosing “paste.” This should paste your link with an image preview, and it should expand the reach of your post. Or maybe not. As for tagging friends, it’s a band page so you can’t.

I don’t know about you, but I tuned out after the second use of the word “hover,” and I’ve sent gandolf1628 on his way. His parting advice to me was that most of this will all be irrelevant next week when Facebook announces some major changes to the way pages are administered. Apparently there will be a lot more options. Oh good!

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What sets this band apart is their ability to write, record, and perform original acoustic music that draws from bluegrass, old time, and folk music influences, paired with the unique voices and insights these three young women provide.

Rounding out The Wilder Flower are banjo player, singer, and songwriter Molly Johnston, who has been turning heads at conventions and contests for several years now, and fiddler, singer, and songwriter Madeline Dierauf.

Audrey is in her final year of the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Roots Music Program at East Tennessee State University, and performs with the Becky Buller Band as well.

Madeline says that they are very pleased with the new sound.

“We miss Danielle every show we play, but we’re really happy to have Audrey and she’s been a great fit.”

The first of several new singles was released last month, one Dierauf wrote and sings, called I Still Have Words.

Have a listen.

The Wilder Flower is appearing in a whirlwind summer tour while Madeline is home from her graduate studies at Oxford University. Catch ’em while you can!

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