It’s the End of the Song for Beloved B Chord Brewing . . . For Now

Breaking sad news is like taking off a Band-Aid. There is no easy way to it. So we’re just going to grab an edge and rip — B Chord Brewing, the brewery that became a near-legendary venue in the Covid era, is no more. Owner Marty Dougherty, whose brewing skills are exceeded only by his ability to put on great shows, confirmed the decision last week after deciding a future at the current location was[…]

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Gibson Brothers and Jerry Douglas Team Up to Make Fine New Album

You might expect an album that is half bluegrass and half plugged-in country to be a disjointed mess. If we also told you it was recorded by two sets of musicians, in two separate gatherings, on opposite ends of the covid shutdown, you might even wager it would be a complete cluster-eff. And odds are that in the hands of anybody else the new Gibson Brothers release, “Darkest Hour,” might have been just that. In[…]

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