Tag: David Grisman

Whatever Floats Your Boat, Mountain Song at Sea Had it All

| February 12, 2013 | 2 Comments
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Mountain Song at Sea, the largest-ever bluegrass festival to ply the oceans, has sailed into the sunset, but not without leaving its mark on the 2000+ bluegrass lovers and artists who came together aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky February 1-4. It was a weekend [...]

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Bon Voyage! Mountain Song at Sea sets sail

| February 1, 2013 | 1 Comment
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All aboooaaaard! All aboard, and bring your…banjos? About 2000 bluegrass fans, artists and press are taking to the high seas of the Atlantic today, February 1, on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky, for the maiden voyage of Mountain Song at Sea, the largest bluegrass festival [...]

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Tone Poems – Deluxe Edition

| January 22, 2013 | 0 Comments
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David Grisman and his Acoustic Oasis label have just released a digital Deluxe Edition of his classic Tone Poems album, recorded as a set of instrumental duets with Tony Rice in 1993. This was a concept project at the time, designed as an audiophile recording [...]

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Free tuition for the Acoustic Music Seminar

| December 27, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Applications are now being accepted for participation in the Acoustic Music Seminar at the 2013 Savannah Music Festival. This five day program for young string players involves hands-on instruction from such noted soloists as Julian Lage, David Grisman, Darol Anger, Jerry Douglas, Bruce Molsky and Rushad [...]

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Photos from Grand Targhee Bluegrass

| August 17, 2012 | 0 Comments
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The Grand Targhee ski area sits on the west side of Grand Teton National Park, and on a normal winter they get around 500 inches of snow. That is a lot of snow and it is a fun little ski area to enjoy it on [...]

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3 Grisman/Garcia recordings in digital release

| August 3, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Acoustic Oasis has announced the release of three digital releases, timed in celebration of what would have been the 70th birthday of Jerry Garcia. All three are offered for download in Hi-Def audio (24 bit, 96 khz), which Acoustic Oasis describes as the highest quality [...]

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Hard Core Bluegrass – Del & Dawg

| June 19, 2012 | 0 Comments
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David Grisman has released a new project featuring tracks he recorded with The Del McCoury Band in the 1990s. Del and Dawg – Hardcore Bluegrass in the Dawg House includes 16 tracks, 11 of which are previously unreleased. The album is offered as a digital [...]

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Monroe tributes: Audie, Dawg & Del

| November 16, 2011 | 3 Comments
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Paying tribute to Bill Monroe with a recording of his songs presents a different challenge than it would for any other musician I can think of. The prime mover behind the creation of bluegrass music, his output forms more of the standard repertoire of his [...]

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David Grisman’s Folk Jazz Trio

| October 6, 2011 | 0 Comments

David Grisman isn’t just a mandolin player, composer, producer, musical innovator and historian. He’s also a listener — a voracious listener. It might surprise you to know that he’s often in the audience at concerts of many of his musical peers (a term I use lightly [...]

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Dawg plays Big Mon

| September 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

David Grisman, aka Dawg, has joined those celebrating Bill Monroe’s 100th birthday with a newly-released CD, Dawg Plays Big Mon – Happy Birthday Bill Monroe (ACD 77). One Sunday morning in 1961, Ralph Rinzler invited 16-year old David Grisman to see Bill Monroe and his [...]

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