Tag: Rhonda Vincent

Rhonda Vincent on Earl Scruggs

| March 31, 2012 | 2 Comments
Rhonda Vincent on Earl Scruggs

Rhonda Vincent contributed this touching tribute to Earl Scruggs. The name Earl Scruggs is one I’ve known for as long as I can remember. As a little girl, he was just the man in the hat who played the banjo, with that guy who played [...]

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Rhonda turns ‘em loose

| March 23, 2012 | 3 Comments
Rhonda turns ‘em loose

WAMU’s Bluegrass Country has posted a new video of Rhonda Vincent & The Rage tearing through a cool medley of instrumental bluegrass favorites when they performed on the Katy Daley Show on February 2. Rhonda featured each of her top shelf pickers in turn (Brent Burke [...]

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Monroeville does Bristol

| March 18, 2012 | 0 Comments
Monroeville does Bristol

From all accounts, the charming young lads from Monroeville did bluegrass proud yesterday at the venerable Bristol Motor Speedway, where they performed the National Anthem prior to the Ford EcoBoost 300/Widow Wax 125 race. Rhonda Vincent, who was also involved in Saturday’s track festivities, sent along [...]

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Album of the Week #15 – Rhonda Vincent’s Back Home Again

| March 12, 2012 | 2 Comments
Album of the Week #15 – Rhonda Vincent’s Back Home Again

I like to think of Rhonda Vincent’s Back Home Again as The Lion King of bluegrass albums. Stick with me on this… The Lion King tells the story of Simba the lion who returns to the Pridelands to take his place as the one true [...]

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Bluegrass Nights At The Ryman 2012

| March 10, 2012 | 1 Comment
Bluegrass Nights At The Ryman 2012

The docket for this summer’s Bluegrass Nights at The Ryman was announced this week. This series is an annual celebration of bluegrass sponsored by Springer Mountain Farms. All shows start at 7:30 p.m. (CDT), and tickets are $26.50. Make sure you come to one or [...]

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Big night for the Queen

| March 5, 2012 | 0 Comments
Big night for the Queen

Rhonda Vincent tells us that she had a big time this past Saturday at the Itawamba Community College Benefit Concert in Fulton, MS, where she had the chance to complete a vocal trio with bluegrass legends Paul Williams and Doyle Lawson. This was the 12th [...]

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Big doin’s with Katy Daley

| January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment
Big doin’s with Katy Daley

Katy Daley has a couple of major guests scheduled this week during her morning show on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country. Tuesday (1/31) at 9:15 (EST), Graham Sharp from Steep Canyon Rangers will join Katy by phone to talk about the band’s upcoming CD, their Grammy nomination [...]

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Happy Birthday Bobby O!

| December 7, 2011 | 0 Comments
Happy Birthday Bobby O!

Rhonda Vincent sent along this photo she snapped at the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival a few weeks back, to remind everyone that today (12/7/11) is the 80th birthday of the inimitable Bobby Osborne! Still running the road and playing bluegrass in his 8th decade. [...]

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Brent Burke joins The Rage

| November 22, 2011 | 0 Comments
Brent Burke joins The Rage

Rhonda Vincent has added reso-guitarist Brent Burke to The Rage, her touring and recording band. In addition to this stellar credential, Burke is also set for the distinction of becoming the very first graduate or ETSU’s new Bachelor of Arts program in Bluegrass, Old Time, [...]

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Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival recap

| November 18, 2011 | 1 Comment
Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival recap

Every November and March, a couple thousand bluegrass fans from all across the continent flood the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, OH for one of the top indoor bluegrass festivals in the country: The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival. The festival is held in both the [...]

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