Non-US bluegrass news

  • Thile grabs BBC Folk Award

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    Chris Thile was in London on Monday for the 2007 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, where he was nominated for Musician Of The Year. He won't be coming home empty-handed, as his name was called to accept the trophy. Here's how

  • EWOB lineup for ’07 announced

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    The European Bluegrass Blog has posted the lineup of entertainers for this year's European World Of Bluegrass festival in Voorthuizen, The Netherlands. It will be held May 17-19, 2007 and includes a trade show, a performance festival, a business conference

  • Chris Thile in Acoustic magazine

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    The February issue of the UK based magazine Acoustic, features an interview with mandolin master Chris Thile. Chris in nominated for a BBC Folk Award for Musician of the Year. The article is basically an interview where Chris shares his

  • Claire Lynch to Europe

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    Our friends at The European Bluegrass Blog have noted that Claire Lynch has scheduled a one-week European tour for the first week of May '07. She'll perform in Austria, Holland and Germany, and promoter Karl Heinz Siber indicates particular excitement about

  • History of the Banjo on BBC

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    BBC Radio 4 FM carried a 30 minute program yesterday on the history of the banjo. It is set to air again on January 29 from 11:00-11:30 p.m. (GMT), but it can also be heard on the BBC web site

  • Guillaume Veillet to Trad Magazine

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    We received a note recently from Guillaume Veillet, who until about two months ago was a prominent roots and acoustic radio host in France. He had been a strong supporter of bluegrass and old time music on the air, and

  • UK Bluegrass has Sore Fingers

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    Our friends at UKBluegrass.com just let us know that they have posted to their blog an interview with John and Moira Wirtz who organize Europe's largest bluegrass/old time music camp, Sore Fingers. The camp has been running each year since

  • Potluck dinner with Carmel Sheerin and The Ravens

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    The Jackson Purchase Friends of Bluegrass are planning a unique kick off to this year's Kentucky Lake Bluegrass Festival. On Thursday night, June 7, 2007, before the festival begins, a potluck dinner will be held for volunteers who are working

  • Slovakian bluegrass – 2 new releases

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    Our friends over at The European Bluegrass Blog have a post up about a pair of new releases from Slovakia. They are Light In The Storm from The Tom?°?° Pe?°ko Band, and Kvapky rosy from Bluegrass Time. Both feature Tom?°?° Pe?°ko

  • Bluegrass at Theatre du Chatelet

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    The European Bluegrass Blog has an interesting piece up about an historic concert at the renowned Th?©?¢tre du Ch?¢telet in Paris. This past October, noted French violinist Gilles Apap was featured in concert with the Pas-de-Loup Philharmonic Orchestra. Though recognized primarily