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Category: Bluegrass At Large
RD-310 from Recording King
Recording King has announced the debut of their latest solid-wood guitar, the RD-310. It’s a 14-fret, dreadnaught body guitar with African mahogany back and sides, and an Adirondack (red) spruce top. The top braces are a forward-X (pre war) style, and the neck is mahogany [...]
Is It Bluegrass – cigar box guitars?
Today we launch Is It Bluegrass, a new series at Bluegrass Today. It will appear sporadically on the site as topics suggest themselves to the question. Some posts will be decidedly tongue-in-cheek, while others will contain items that may be of interest to much of the [...]
My Bluegrass Town – Everett Lilly interview
Many thanks to West Virginia author Betty Dotson-Lewis, who has agreed to let us share her 2007 interview with Everett Lilly as a remembrance of his passing yesterday. It is excerpted from her book, The Sunny Side of Appalachia: Bluegrass from the Grassroots. Her other titles include [...]
Alison Krauss to be honored at Berklee
The Berklee College of Music is in the habit of handing out honorary degrees as a part of their annual commencement ceremony, as are many colleges and universities around the world. Of course, Berklee selects its honorees from within the music community, offering such tributes [...]
Welcome Eli Jenkins
Congratulations to Justin Jenkins, banjo picker with Grasstowne, on the birth of a son, Eli Dean Jenkins earlier this morning. Eli and Justin’s girlfriend, Reba Collier are doing fine. He hit the scene at 7 lbs, 14 oz, and 21 inches long. Welcome Eli, and [...]
Memorial Fund for John McGann
The acoustic music world was shocked last month to learn of the sudden passing of John McGann, a musician who had distinguished himself over many years of excellence in both performance and instruction. John was serving on the faculty of the Berklee College of Music [...]
Curtis Blackwell Band to tour Ireland
Former Blue Grass Boy Curtis Blackwell has announced plans to tour Ireland in June 2012. The tour will include eleven shows in twelve days, most of which it appears are being held in community Arts Centres. (It’s wonderful to see how Ireland values traditional music in [...]
James King back home
James King has been released from the hospital and is back home under the watchful care of his wife, Julie. He had been hospitalized last week for treatment of Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis. While there, the doctors also found that King was suffering from gall [...]
Gibson Brothers heading for Europe
Following this weekend’s Merlefest The Gibson Brothers are heading to Europe for a week of shows that will take them to Denmark, Germany, France and Italy. They play Merlefest tomorrow (4/28) and have a show in Denmark the following Wednesday. The guys may not have [...]
James King update
A quick update to our post yesterday afternoon about James King being hospitalized to treat his Deep Vein Thrombosis. According to Julie King, James’ wife, his condition is stabilizing, but there is no news yet about treatment or when he might be able to get back [...]
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