Noted bluegrass songwriter Louisa Branscomb is partnering with Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival to help celebrate their having been named IBMA's 2010 Bluegrass Event of the Year. The festival runs August 4-7 in East Hartford, CT and Louisa will conduct a Songwriting
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New York Times on Sarah Jarosz
Saturday's edition of the New York Times included a feature on Sarah Jarosz, written by Andy Langer, one of her fellow Austinites. They talk about her studying at Boston's New England Conservatory, her upcoming sophomore CD, Follow Me Down, her roots
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Steve and the Rangers do the White House
This Wednesday, Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers will pay a visit to our nation's capital, where they are scheduled to perform at the White House. We heard this morning form Graham Sharp, who plays 'second banjo' on the Martin/Rangers show,
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I’m Going Back To Old Kentucky #220
From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information
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Happy Mothers Day from Frank Solivan
Frank Solivan, bluegrass singer, songwriter, bandleader and mandolinist, has posted a lovely Mother's Day video tribute online. Its a song of his called A Mother's Hand, which he wrote several years ago. Frank is offering it to all mothers, sons and
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I’m Going Back To Old Kentucky #219
From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information
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ResoSummit awards first Houston Caldwell Scholarship
We posted last month about the scholarship that had just been announced to allow a budding young resonator guitarist to attend the annual ResoSummit in Nashville this Fall. The scholarship was created in the memory of Houston Caldwell, a talented
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I’m Going Back To Old Kentucky #218
From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information
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ArtistWorks Academy of Bluegrass coming in June
One of the more successful recent entries in the online world of string music instruction has been the Tony Trischka School of Banjo. Using a combination of prerecorded lessons and video exchanges between Tony and his many enrolled students, the
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2011 WDVX Banjer Marching Band
We've had occasion to mention WDVX a number of times on Bluegrass Today, typically with respect to Blue Plate Special, their noontime live performance program that airs weekdays at 102.9 FM out of Knoxville, TN. They feature a healthy dose of