Miscellaneous bluegrass news

  • Where do bluegrass fans buy their music?

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    John and I have been giving a lot of thought to the news that iTunes had seized the number two music retailer spot. We're wondering how the bluegrass community compares to the broader music industry. We're in the process of doing

  • Own Ron Stewart’s French fiddle

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    Now that Ron Stewart is playing banjo with The Dan Tyminski Band, he is parting ways with his prized French fiddle that had been his main axe this past ten years or so. It is a Francois Guillmont French Violin

  • The future of DRM

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    There has been much discussion in the last year concerning the future of DRM (Digital Rights Management). Will it continue to be used widely, or will it be discontinued as an ineffective measure? DRM encompasses a number of technologies used to

  • iTunes advances to number two

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    The NPD Group released a new report yesterday detailing the changes in music consumption among U.S. music buyers during 2007 (report) The report claims an overall increase in music acquisition of 6% for the year, while stating a decline in "average

  • Rage of a different kind

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    A poster at the official Rhonda Vincent Message Board tells of an incident at a 2/23 performance in Augusta. GA. Three people were arrested at the Imperial Theater as they became unruly when unable to get into the show. They arrived

  • Own a piece of bluegrass history…

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    Check your closets, everybody. If you can scrape together $49,000, you can purchase a 1965 tour bus previously owned by Bill Monroe. If you're feeling lucky, it only takes $19,000 to open the bidding at ebay Motors for a

  • Rounder to receive Folk Alliance award

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    Hot on the heals of the success of Rounder recording artists at The Grammy award show on Sunday comes news of an award for the label itself. The North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance (Folk Alliance) will honor Rounder Records

  • Bluegrass Painter creates IBMA Art

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    Our friend Bob Yonke over at Appalachian Studio (and his blog The Bluegrass Painter) was commissioned last year to create a piece of artwork for this year's (2008) IBMA World of Bluegrass event. He emailed over the weekend and sent

  • Dave Freeman remembers

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    In the latest edition of the County Sales Newsletter, #290, David Freeman, the founder of the longstanding and illustrious retail outlet "for bluegrass, old-time and authentic rural music", is in a nostalgic mood, telling his readers how it used to