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Bluegrass in Ireland moved to Facebook
With the retirement of Richard Hawkins, originator and manager of The Bluegrass Ireland Blog, the task of keeping the enthusiastic Irish bluegrass scene informed online has fallen to Ray O’Brien, who keeps things up to date with the Bluegrass In Ireland Facebook group. Ray invites everyone [...]
January Mountain Tour 2013
Last month, Dale Ann Bradley and Steve Gulley spent two weeks in Europe, from January 22 through February 4. Billed as the January Mountain tour, they started out in Slovakia, where they hooked up with their band for the duration: Richard Cifersky on banjo, Michal [...]
EWOB applications due by December 15
This Saturday (12/15) is the firm deadline for submitting applications to perform at the 2013 European World of Bluegrass. Next year’s annual event will be held May 9-11 in Voorthuizen, Holland at Hotel ‘t Trefpunt. EWOB is the premiere opportunity for bands to showcase before fans and promoters [...]
On this Day #6 – Angelika Torrie
On this day in 1968 ………. On November 6, 1968, Angelika Torrie was born. The long-time treasurer of the European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA), was born and raised in Dornach, near Basel, Switzerland. She grew up in an environment where classical music was important. At [...]
2013 Australian Youth Bluegrass Scholarship
Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 Australian Youth Bluegrass Scholarship, established by to Aussie grassers The Davidson Brothers and Pacific International Music. The program is available to Australian residents under 26 years old who play or sing bluegrass music, with a $1500 cash prize and recording time [...]
Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa in Europe
Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa have recently returned from several weeks touring in Europe, with special guest Mike Scott on banjo in tow. Taylor sent along this quick recap of their time across the pond, along with a number of photos. We departed Baltimore/Washington Airport on [...]
Traditional bluegrass in German
It is becoming more and more common for bluegrass artists in non-English speaking parts of the world to write and sing songs in their native tongues. In the earliest days of bluegrass reaching beyond North America, most students of the music focused on what was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Maro Kawabata takes his music back home
Maro Kawabata is a bluegrass musician, born and raised in Japan, but who lives now in the United States. It was as a child in Japan that he first heard the music of Bill Monroe, the music that marked him forever as a follower of [...]
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