The International Bluegrass Music Museum recently sent out a press release about the implementation of multilingual signs at the Museum. The displays at the museum now feature information in seven major languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Czech and
Miscellaneous bluegrass news
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Sammy Shelor’s Corn Acoustics Corn Maze
We expect that readers of Bluegrass Today know Sammy Shelor as the award-winning banjo player and manager of Lonesome River Band. Some may be aware of his work with the state of Virginia's Heritage Music Trail, more commonly known as
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Gibson Scholarship named in Charlie Derrington’s honor
The staff and management of Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend have announced that their annual youth scholarship has been named in honor of Charlie Derrington. Charlie was a valued, long-time employee of Gibson, who sponsors the scholarship, and a friend to Roanoke
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Still tweaking…
Our apologies to anyone who tried to visit Bluegrass Today on Sunday, and was unable to reach us. Those issues have been resolved. We are still finishing some major software and domain upgrades, however, and may be a bit late
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Baby Del
Rob and Lisa McCoury celebrated the birth of their second child, and first son, just a few days ago. Del Mercer Davis McCoury was born on August 23, at 8:47 a.m. Congratulations to the happy parents, and the whole McCoury
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Leadbelly’s ‘Old Man’ and the Work Song Tradition
Reader Jake Schepps recently wrote in to tell us about an article featured on the NPR website. The article, Leadbelly's 'Old Man' and the Work Song Tradition, is a historic look at Huddie Ledbetter's songs and the impact they had
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Ron Stewart checks in
We just heard from our friend Ron Stewart, current fiddler with JD Crowe & The New South, and one of the busiest and most sought-after session players in bluegrass music. He and his wife, Sherri, celebrated the birth of their son,
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Wichita Rutherford gives away DVDS
I just got a note from our pal Wichita Rutherford. He's got something special happening at WichitasBlog.com and he wanted the bluegrass community to know about it first. Here's what's happening. Starting tomorrow at 11 AM Wichita is going to
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Earl Scruggs to attend Guinness attempt in Atlanta
Last month, we reported on the planned attempt for a Guinness Book record in the Largest Musical Ensemble with banjo players during an Atlanta Braves baseball game on September 13. The event is spearheaded by the folks at Banjo.com, and
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Tower Records files chapter 11 bankruptcy
Tower Records is a name most music fans/buyers are familiar with. Most of us have probably bought a CD or two from Tower Records in the past. I know I've even seen some great "in store" performances by bluegrass artists