Miscellaneous bluegrass news

  • Money Matters: A musical investment

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    Casey Henry wrote in to tell us about an interesting radio show she heard. She listened while driving, then found it online and sent us a link. It's from a radio show call Marketplace Money and the episode is Money

  • The Grasgals

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    Here's a blog I recently discovered, A Whiff of Smiff, that is written by the wife of one of the Grascals. She's written a post that features all the Grascal wives. These gals are troopers for being married to full

  • Ernie Thacker health update – 7/14/06

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    Back in April of this year we brought you the sad news of Ernie Thacker's automobile accident. From time to time since then we have reported back on his condition. Here's another update that we just received from David Russell

  • Lewis Family homeplace restoration effort

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    Gospel veterans Jeff & Sheri Easter are spearheading an effort to restore the original Lewis Family Homeplace in Lincolnton, GA. This is the house where Mom and Pop Lewis raised their children, and where members of the legendary Lewis Family

  • Ken Perlman receives fiddle grant

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    Noted clawhammer banjoist and fingerstyle guitarist, Ken Perlman, has been awarded a grant through the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa to do a follow-up study on the fiddle music of Prince Edward Island. He will travel once again to PEI

  • The Best of 5 Minutes With Wichita Vol. 1

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    Podcasting superstar Wichita Rutherford has just opened an online store where you can purchase a DVD of The Best of 5 Minutes With Wichita Vol. 1. The disc features 19 fan favorite interviews and videos from TV and video podcasts,

  • Bluegrass vacation giveaway from Into The Blue

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    Into The Blue, the most widely syndicated bluegrass music radio program in the US, is giving away a vacation getaway package to coincide with the IBMA World Of Bluegrass and International Bluegrass Awards show in Nashville, September 27-30. Winners will receive

  • Festival fan killed by Skaggs bus

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    The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville has the story this morning of an unfortunate accident involving Ricky Skaggs' tour bus which occurred on Friday evening. A young man apparently wandered onto I-24 after leaving the Bonnaroo music festival site near Manchester,

  • A note from Ernie Thacker

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    We just heard from David Russell with The Bluegrass Journal, who shared a note he had received from Ernie Thacker. Regular readers of Bluegrass Today have surely noted that Ernie was seriously injured in an auto accident back in April,