Non-US bluegrass news

  • Nu-Blu on Goin’ Across The Mountain

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    Dennis Jones, host of Goin' Across The Mountain on WNCW, will be featuring music today (7/16) from the upcoming Pinecastle CD, The Blu-Disc from fellow North Carolinians, Nu-Blu. The album, due August 9, is based on the picking and singing of

  • Donna Ulisse travelogue – Day 4

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    Donna Ulisse is providing us with a diary from her visit to Russia with her band, The Poor Mountain Boys. The trip is by invitation from the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission. I just got back

  • Donna Ulisse travelogue – Day 3

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    Donna Ulisse is providing us with a diary from her visit to Russia with her band, The Poor Mountain Boys. The trip is by invitation from the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission. Today (and I am not sure

  • Donna Ulisse travelogue – Day 2

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    Donna Ulisse is providing us with a diary from her visit to Russia with her band, The Poor Mountain Boys. The trip is by invitation from the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission. I am not sure how to word what

  • Donna Ulisse travelogue – Day 1

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    Donna Ulisse is providing us with a diary from her visit to Russia with her band, The Poor Mountain Boys. The trip is by invitation from the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission. Written from Moscow... The Poor Mountain Boys and myself have launched

  • Gary Ferguson back to Ireland

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    Bluegrass singer/songwriter/guitarist Gary Ferguson tells us that he is preparing for his 7th consecutive summer tour in Ireland. He is heading off from Pennsylvania on July 12 to join his Irish compatriots Janet Holmes and Colin Henry for 9 shows

  • William Smith Monroe from Niall Toner

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    Bill Monroe's music has obviously had a profound impact on players and followers of bluegrass and related acoustic music around the world. It started out in the southeastern US on "hillbilly" radio, and grew to include an ever larger audience