Bluegrass At Large

  • Natalie MacMaster—as fit as a fiddle!

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    With wavy blonde hair swinging as she moves, Natalie MacMaster continues to stun crowds with her feverish fiddling and mesmerizing step dancing. Fans in the Washington, DC area can see her perform on Wednesday, March 5 at the gorgeous, accoustically

  • Rounder to receive Folk Alliance award

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    Hot on the heals of the success of Rounder recording artists at The Grammy award show on Sunday comes news of an award for the label itself. The North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance (Folk Alliance) will honor Rounder Records

  • Uncle Billy Dunbar Interview with Tim Stafford

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    Join Uncle Billy Dunbar for a recorded visit with Blue Highways Tim Stafford on www. worldwideBluegrass.com. To be aired during his "Country Unplugged" show between 6pm & 8pm eastern time. Billy and Tim will be taking about Blue

  • A Senti-MENTAL Journey Benefit Concert

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    Saturday, March 1, 2008 is the date for the much anticipated "Senti-MENTAL Journey" benefit concert hosted by the Floyd Country Store, in Floyd, VA at 7:00 pm. This evening of music will feature No Strings Attached, Blue Mule, Tommy

  • Bluegrass Painter creates IBMA Art

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    Our friend Bob Yonke over at Appalachian Studio (and his blog The Bluegrass Painter) was commissioned last year to create a piece of artwork for this year's (2008) IBMA World of Bluegrass event. He emailed over the weekend and sent

  • Dave Freeman remembers

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    In the latest edition of the County Sales Newsletter, #290, David Freeman, the founder of the longstanding and illustrious retail outlet "for bluegrass, old-time and authentic rural music", is in a nostalgic mood, telling his readers how it used to

  • Where did the time go…?

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    That's how Katy Daly titled an email to us recently which included this photo of a young Carl Jackson jamming at the Bean Blossom festival in 1973. It was taken by her fellow show host on BluegrassCountry.org, Hubie King. Katy's show airs

  • Marty Stuart donates Lester Flatt’s guitar

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    It seems Marty Stuart has given quite a Valentine's Day gift to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. On Wednesday, February 13, 2008, he donated Lester Flatt's old 1950 D-28 to the museum. History tells us Lester bought the