Many students of the folk and old time music boom of the 1960s will note that the growth of interest in the music really exploded when it caught the attention of big city audiences, and the media writers and television/record
Author: John Lawless
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Long live the Queen!
Rhonda Vincent has been described as the Queen of Bluegrass Music on more than one occasion, but on September 1, it will become official. The folks who put on the National Old Time Country & Bluegrass Music Festival in Missouri
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Vince Gill CD/tour to include bluegrass music
If you follow the music industry or country music news, you may have noted that country music superstar Vince Gill has some mighty ambitious plans for his next CD, These Days. It's a four CD set to be released on
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Skaggs instrumental CD on CMT
We posted last month with news about the soon-to-be-released instrumental project from Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. Entitled, Instrumentals, it features 11 tracks with Skaggs and his band, on a set of tunes authored by Ricky himself. CMT.com has a nice
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Grascals CD previewed on XM
We have posted a few times recently about the upcoming release from The Grascals, Long List of Heartaches, due on August 29 from Rounder Records. There are no audio samples available yet online, but starting today, XM Radio subscribers will
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Pre orders now available for new Thile CD
The new Chris Thile project, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, won't be officially released until September 12, but Chris is now accepting pre-orders online. Anyone who orders in advance will also be entitled to two free digital
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Ernie Thacker show reaps benefits
David Russell with The Bluegrass Journal reports that this past weekend's benefit concert for Ernie Thacker was a great success. It was held in Flat Rock, MI. The show kicked off at 2:00 PM and carried on through to 9:00 PM.
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CMT/NSAI Song Contest – additional prizes for early entrants
The 7th annual CMT/NSAI Song Contest is accepting submissions, with prizes that include among others: A mentoring session with John Rich of Big & Rich A Single-Song Contract from a major Music Row publisher A $500 gift certificate to Sam Ash Music A special
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Gibson establishes Charlie Derrington Memorial Fund
The Gibson company has set up a Memorial Fund for the family of Charlie Derrington, whose tragic death in a highway accident we reported last week. Charlie was a valuable (some would say indispensable) employee at Gibson's acoustic instruments division,
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Stompin ’76 – whose farm?
This past weekend marked the 30th anniversary of Stompin' 76, a huge music festival held near Galax, VA. Estimates of the attendance ranged between 70,000 and 100,000 people over three days. The festival was promoted by Hal Abramson, a young