Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a new weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass.

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Pod news

• Doc Watson 100th birthday celebration - part 1 & part 2
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Church Street News

• IBMA lineup and tickets
• Kyle Cantrell leaves Sirius XM
• Ron Block banjo app

The Grass in New - new releases

• Might Poplar tracks
• Missy Raines new single with Dan Paisley

Scroll on Buddy

• Jake Eddy reel on learning 25 tunes

In my ears this week

• John McEuen - String Wizards
• Will the Circle be Unbroken
• Steve Martin - The Crow
• Tim O’Brien - He Walked On

Happy picking.

Matt

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