King Wilkie has a "what I did on my summer vacation" video posted at Amazon.com, which offers a behind the scenes look at the recording of their newly-released CD, Low Country Suite. It covers to some degree how the IBMA's
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Big doings planned for Monroe centennial
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Bill Monroe is still four years away, but long term strategic planning is already underway to commemorate the occasion. This morning's (6/25) edition of the Owensboro, KY Messenger-Inquirer has a story about this
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John McGann – Sound Fundamentals DVD
Noted mandolin teacher and transcriber, John McGann, has a new instructional DVD. Sound Fundamentals: Tone, Touch and Technique for Mandolin uses a number of crucial bluegrass mandolin techniques to help players find a wide range of pleasing tones, all the
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Two new download reissues from Rebel
Rebel Records has reissued two more classic out-of-print recordings as download-only releases. First up is a Lonesome River Band album from 1988, one which many recent fans of the band may learn about for the first time. Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
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BluegrassCountry.org observes Day Of Silence
Bluegrass fans who turn to BluegrassCountry.org for their 24/7 bluegrass fix will be in for a shocker on Tuesday. The folks at BluegrassCountry, like their sister station WAMU.org, will participate in the Day Of Silence campaign on June 26 to
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12 year old fiddler on NPR
Here's a nice feel good story as we head into the weekend... All Things Considered, on National Public Radio, ran a piece earlier this week about Roland Clark, a 12 year old fiddle phenom from Vermont. Roland has been playing for
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Doyle Lawson on GAC this weekend
Doyle Lawson will join host Kylie Harris on this weekend's edition of The Edge of Country on GAC. It will air on Saturday (6/23) at 1:00 p.m., and again on Monday (6/25) at both 1:00 and 11:00 p.m. (EDT). The interview
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Old Testament bluegrass from Mare Winningham
Here's something I had been expecting to see for some time - hoping, even. Bluegrass has long been intertwined with its Gospel music tradition, though that aspect is far less universal than it once was. As the appeal of the
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Pete Pardee measures interest in banjo book reprint
When it was first published in 1982, Scales And Arpeggios For Five String Banjo by Pete Pardee, was a groundbreaking effort. The book offered serious students of the banjo the sort of reference volume of applied music theory that had
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Alison Krauss – 100 Miles Or More on GAC
Among the many reasons Alison Krauss has generated such a large and enduring following would have to include her ability to appeal to a widely diverse fan base. Bluegrass fans love her for her gritty, grassy tunes - and for