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Bluegrass Weather Report – 6/11/13
Our Special Bluegrass Correspondent is back with a report on the big Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival in Bean Blossom, IN.
Karen Miller Porter says goodbye
Bluegrass Today’s Terry Herd shared this profile of Karen Miller Porter, with whom he has worked for several years in her capacity as Executive Director of the Owensboro/Daviess County Convention and Visitors Bureau, a position she has just vacated. Bluegrass music fans have always had a special [...]
Rodgers Remembrance Vol XI: Those Gambler’s Blues
This week we have been, once again, remembering the life and times of America’s Blue Yodeler, the Singing Brakeman, and the Father of Country Music: the late, great Jimmie Rodgers.Tomorrow, Jimmie Rodgers will have been gone 80 years. Arguably the most significant man in American [...]
Bill Monroe painting on Kentucky Monthly
Despite living much of his life in Tennessee, Bill Monroe will always be inextricably linked with Kentucky, the state of his birth, whose nickname serves as the designation for the music he created. He is being remembered anew in the June issue of Kentucky Monthly, [...]
Roger Smith passes
Former Blue Grass Boy, Roger Smith of Milton, Indiana passed away Wednesday, May 22 at Reid Hospital in Richmond, Indiana. He was 86 years old. Born in Amelia, VA July 11, 1926, Roger grew up in North Carolina and started learning guitar, and later fiddle and banjo, as [...]
James Monroe opens Uncle Pen’s cabin
Are there any bluegrass fans who don’t know the story of Uncle Pen? Bill Monroe’ uncle, James Pendleton Vandiver, has been immortalized in song, one written and first recorded by Monroe in 1950. Uncle Pen was later a hit for Porter Wagoner in 1954, and for [...]
America the Beautiful recognizes Jerusalem Ridge
Amidst the on-going shenanigans connected with the use of Bill Monroe’s name, America the Beautiful marketing agency has recognized the Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration for what it is, a great festival of traditional bluegrass music. The Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration is named as one of [...]
Jerusalem Ridge still in the courts
It appears that the legal dispute surrounding the use of Bill Monroe’s name in association with the Jerusalem Ridge festival near Rosine, KY is still simmering. On January 11, the Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling that had enjoined Campbell Mercer and the Jerusalem [...]
The Ultimate Playlist for your Bluegrass Valentine
It’s finally here, fellas: Die Hard 5 hits theaters TODAY! Unfortunately, for most of you, Bruce Willis takes a backseat to Cupid. If you didn’t know by now, today is Valentine’s Day. How many of you have forgotten until now? And yes, your local Wal-Mart [...]
Billy Joe Foster passes
We have learned that Billy Joe Foster, noted Oklahoma picker, passed away today at 51 years of age. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Foster played fiddle with Bill Monroe, bass with Country Gazette, and several instruments with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. He was also the banjo [...]
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