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WTJU May 6th, 2021 | By WTJU Fiddler John Mailander (Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers) will stop by WTJU Thursday afternoon, May 13, during Folk & Beyond to go track by track through the new John Mailander’s Forecast release, Look Closer. John Mailander is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist who moves listeners in concert halls, festivals, and music camps at home and abroad. A […] Affiliated with... WTJU is owned and operated by the Board of Visitors of the University of Vi...

WTJU May 6th, 2021 | By WTJU Fiddler John Mailander (Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers) will stop by WTJU Thursday afternoon, May 13, during Folk & Beyond to go track by track through the new John Mailander’s Forecast release, Look Closer. John Mailander is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist who moves listeners in concert halls, festivals, and music camps at home and abroad. A […] Affiliated with... WTJU is owned and operated by the Board of Visitors of the University of Vi...

Tweet Share Watching John Mailander’s Forecast live is a bit like trying to watch gravity. You know there’s a centripetal force holding it all together, even if you can’t see it, and even when the jazz- and bluegrass-inspired collective spins out of orbit. Those spacey improvisations took center stage at the band’s May 6 album release stream. Mailander’s group returned to the Five Spot, their first live show since the pandemic began, to celebrate ...

L ook Closer, the new EP from John Mailander’s Forecast, feels a bit like a microcosm of our pandemic experiences. Before lockdown, the stellar fiddler and his band were all set for a residency, but COVID-19 forced them to put the run of shows on hold. As quarantine continued, the group set up together in one room for masked and socially distanced recording sessions. Thursday, the band makes a return to its frequent haunt, Five Points bar and venue The 5 Spot, for a streaming virtual relea...

WTJU May 6th, 2021 | By WTJU Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers) will stop by WTJU Thursday afternoon, May 13, at 4:30 edt (3:30 central) during Folk & Beyond to go track by track through the new John Mailander’s Forecast release, Look Closer. John Mailander is an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist who moves listeners in concert halls, festivals, and music camps at home and abroad. A sought-after performer, teacher, producer, and recording artist, John is known for his deeply rooted voice on ...

Michigan native Billy Strings reels in Grammy win for best bluegrass album Updated Mar 16, 2021; Posted Mar 16, 2021 Billy Strings, originally of Ionia County, Michigan, won Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (Courtesy photo | Jesse Faatz) Facebook Share Fishing. Taking a call from his boat on Percy Priest Lake, just east of his Nashville home, Strings said Tuesday that the novelty of it all is still sinking in. “I’m still processing it,” sa...