This post is a contribution from Richard Thompson, a founding member of the British Bluegrass Music Association. He is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. He wrote
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Bill Evans on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
The following is a contribution from Bill Evans, well-known banjo picker, educator and semi-regular contributor here on Bluegrass Today. I'm just back - and completely exhausted! However, I wanted to share these pictures and relate a little bit of the magic
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The Father of Bluegrass Music Remembered
This post is a contribution from Richard Thompson, a founding member of the British Bluegrass Music Association. He is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. He wrote
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Bill Monroe Tribute shows
This post is another contribution from Richard Thompson, who has provided several special pieces to Bluegrass Today as we recall Bill Monroe today. In light of this ten year anniversary, many aficionados have organised special events to mark the occasion. Last
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Bill Monroe postal stamp
This post is another contribution from Richard Thompson, who has provided several special pieces to Bluegrass Today as we recall Bill Monroe today. Today marks the point beyond which the US Postal Services can issue a commemorative stamp for Bill Monroe,
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The Del McCoury Band shine in new arenas
This post is a contribution from Richard Thompson, a founding member of the British Bluegrass Music Association. He is also a longstanding contributor to British Bluegrass News, a quarterly print publication where he also briefly served as editor. He wrote
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Trading live shows – good for our music!
The following is a contribution from luthier and resophonic guitarist Brad Harper. This post has been adapted from a post that appeared on Brad's own blog in response to Megan Lynch's post Trading live shows - good for our music?,
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Trading live shows – good for our music?
Update 8/04, 8:45 a.m.: Owing to a number of reader requests, we have enabled commenting for Megan's post. Comments are moderated, so they will not appear immediately, and we require a simple, free registration in order to post them. This post
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Add your CD to the Gracenote database
This post is a contribution from Mark Montgomery, president of echomusic, a Nashville-based company providing creative and marketing services to a variety of country and acoustic artists. He is also a past President of The Americana Music Association. The images Mark
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Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend – an instructor’s view
The following is a contribution from Kip Martin, a semi-regular guest contributor to Bluegrass Today. I first became involved with the Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend a few years ago when flatpick guitarist extraordinaire Richard Bennett was on staff. I"d just toured Europe