Non-US bluegrass news

  • New video from Bononia Grass

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    We heard recently from Gian Luca Naldi, banjo picker with Italian bluegrassers Bononia Grass. The band has been recording in Bologna, working on their second CD release, which they hope to have out sometime this summer. Luca sent along this video

  • The Cubero Brothers

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    Here's a fun story from Spain. We heard from Roberto Cubero, who performs along with his brother Enrique as Los Hermanos Cubero (The Cubero Brothers). Roberto plays mandolin and Enrique guitar, and they recently won first prize in the Premio

  • G2 – new music, and a new apartment?

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    One more release to note for March 30...  Swedish grassers G2 have dropped a single from their next CD, Untapped Routes. The song is Still Standing, written by lead singer/guitar Chris Olsson, and it is available now to broadcasters through

  • Bluegrass Row video contest 2010

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    We've just received word from Erio Meili of the Sao Paulo Bluegrass Music Association in Brazil, with word of an international bluegrass competition the SPBMA is hosting called Bluegrass Row. Erio is inviting bands from all over the world to make

  • Expedition Quartet to St. Petersburg

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    Colorado banjo player Jake Schepps and his band, Expedition Quartet, have just arrived in Russia. They have been invited to compete in the 1st Annual Terem Crossover in St. Petersburg this week, where they will go up against dozens of

  • European Bluegrass Summit, round 2

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    Richard Hawkins, proprietor of the Bluegrass Ireland Blog - and a regular contributor to the European Bluegrass Blog - has a new piece about the second European Bluegrass Summit at Bühl, Germany, held February 5-7, 2010. Richard contributed an overview of

  • Lilly Drumeva – Lovin’ You

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    Bulagrian bluegrass songstress Lilly Drumeva has a new CD on Polysound Records. Lovin' You was recorded in both Bulgaria, with her band Lilly Of The West, and in Czech Republic, where she recorded with Czech grassers Monogram. The album features covers

  • Randy Kohrs to tour with G2

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    Randy Kohrs, whose new CD Quicksand is out today (1/12), has announced plans to tour in Europe during the Spring of 2010. The tour is being arranged by Swedish grassers G2, who will accompany Kohrs on the road. G2 banjo picker

  • Bluegrass Jamboree a hit in Germany

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    We had posted back in October about Bluegrass Jamboree, a package show that toured in Germany during the month of December. This was said to be the first such show of its kind, which included sets from Beverly Smith &