Lorraine Jordan and Julie King have agreed to send along a bluegrass travelogue this week from the First Quality Bluegrass Cruise, underway now in the Caribbean. This first report comes from Julie, as she and James were heading south to
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Second place for Jack and Molly Tuttle
Jack and Molly Tuttle picked up second place Saturday evening in the Duet Contest hosted during last weekend's broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion, and Molly sent along these remembrances of her day in Minnesota. Playing on A Prairie Home Companion
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1st Annual Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival huge success
This review of a new bluegrass on the beach festival in North Carolina is a contribution from Carmen Evans, a life-long music lover in Norfolk, VA. Photos are courtesy of Woody Edwards and Rhonda Vincent. One usually thinks of a bluegrass
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Fan Fest 2012 photos
Here is the promised gallery of photos from last weekend's Fan Fest in Nashville, courtesy of Dan Loftin.
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Tips for attending a music conference
Our friends at Bandzoogle have shared some information for artists preparing to attend IBMA's World of Bluegrass next week. This time it's from Dave Cool, Director of Artist Relations, who sent along this excerpt from his free ebook, Attending Music
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So Long, Doc, Earl, and Doug
This reflection on three legends who have passed on during 2012 is a contribution from flatpicking legend Dan Crary. In addition to being a pioneering guitarist, Crary is an Associate Professor of Speech Communications at California State University at Fullerton.
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Photos from Coot Williams festival
With IBMA preparations in full swing, we are running behind getting festival photos posted. Here are a few that Laura Tate Ridge took at the Coot Williams Road Bluegrass Festival earlier this month.
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6 Essential Elements for your band’s website homepage
Here is another contribution from David Dufresne, who has agreed to share tips with our readers from what he has picked up running Bandzoogle. This regular feature is especially geared for bluegrass bands who manage their own web space. Your homepage is usually
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Del McCoury at Mountain Song
Thanks to Dennis Jones at WNCW for these photos of the Del McCoury Band this past Friday at the Mountain Song Festival in North Carolina.
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Del discusses his fallen comrades
Milo Farineau caught up with Del McCoury recently, and took the opportunity to get his reflections on some fellow bluegrass legends who have passed on this past few months. Milo: It’s been a tough year of loss for the bluegrass world.