Category: Events

Jon Glik fiddlin’ in Tokyo

| May 17, 2013 | 0 Comments
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We heard this week from Kaz Inaba, who shared some photos and a few words about a show this week in Tokyo where he welcomed famed Maryland-based fiddler Jon Glik to the stage. “A few days ago, on May 14, my band, Kazuhiro Inaba & [...]

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Bluegrass Weather Report – 5/17/13

| May 17, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Here’s our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with information about the Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass festival this weekend, and a quick guitar lesson.   And don’t forget our Ugly Mandolin contest… Ugly Mandolin May will continue until the end of the month. We’re not mocking anyone or anything; we just [...]

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John McEuen honored by Charlie Poole Festival

| May 16, 2013 | 1 Comment
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John McEuen, a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is to receive the 2013 Charlie Poole Lifetime Achievement Award. Banjo player McEuen, who is scheduled to top the bill at the 18th Annual Charlie Poole Music Festival, is to receive the award at [...]

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Avett Brothers close MerleFest 2013

| May 16, 2013 | 2 Comments
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One last MerleFest 2013 gallery from Andy Garrigue, who also shared these comments. Heavy numbers poured in Sunday to see The Avett Brothers close down Merlefest 2013, despite the calls for rain throughout the day, and their late afternoon set was alternately passionately energetic, to [...]

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Photos from Willow Oak

| May 13, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Thanks to Laura Tate Ridge for this fine gallery of photos from the Family Style Bluegrass Festival, held late last month at Willow Oak Park in Roxboro, NC.  

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Bluegrass Weather Report 5/11/13 – More ugly mandolins

| May 11, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Our Special Bluegrass Correspondent talks about the Doyle Lawson festival, and our Ugly Mandolin Competition.  

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Houstonfest 2013 photos

| May 10, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Houstonfest is a small but growing festival now in its third year, dedicated to the memory and example of banjo prodigy Houston Caldwell, who died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 18. Caldwell dedicated his life to song and service, and that’s what [...]

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Ten Reasons MerleFest 2013 Was Awesome

| May 8, 2013 | 4 Comments
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MerleFest 2013 is now history, but the music, moments and memories remain to savor. This year’s festival posted aggregate numbers of 76,000 over the four days beginning April 25 and running through the 28th, on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. [...]

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Grand Masters to remain in Nashville

| May 7, 2013 | 1 Comment
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For the past 7 years, the venerable Grand Masters Fiddler Championship has been held in Nashville during the IBMA World of Bluegrass week in late September. It had been hosted at the Opryland theme park from 1972 until it was left homeless when the park closed [...]

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Dale Ann Bradley in Flat Rock

| May 7, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Bill Warren sent along this gallery of images from a Dale Ann Bradley concert he attended last month in Flat Rock, Michigan.  

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