Bluegrass At Large

  • Welcome Karsten Gardner

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    Kim Gardner, resophonic guitarist with Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, and his wife Geri welcomed their daughter, Karsten Rae Gardner, into the world on January 14, 2007. All are reported to be doing well. Congratulations to the proud new parents!

  • Harry Fox Assoc. Offering Live Show CD Licensing

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    Licensing Solution Enables Immediate Availability of Live Concert Recordings The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), the premier U.S. mechanical rights organization, announced today that it is now offering mechanical licensing for "Express Live" CDs and permanent digital downloads (DPDs). This license

  • 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

  • Jennings Chestnut – Luthier

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    We walk up Main Street in Conway, SC to a small store front with an unobtrusive yellow banner hanging outside the door. "State of SC Award Winning Luthier" it reads. We walk in to see Jennings

  • 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

  • Pete Seeger wins ALA book award

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    Pete Seeger and co-author Paul DuBois Jacobs were awarded the Schneider Family Book Award this week for their 2005 book, The Deaf Musicians. It is a story about a young musician who loses his hearing, and forms a band of

  • Jody King Benefit rescheduled

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    Due to inclement weather, the benefit concert for Jody King has been rescheduled for Sunday January 28, 3-6 pm at the Fairview Ruritan Club in Galax, VA. http://www.bluegrassingalax.com/JKing.html

  • New Book Connects with Old Bluegrass Ballad

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    This is bluegrass history brought to life! The long-awaited release of a new book, THE MEANING OF OUR TEARS tells the details and hidden secrets behind the story of the famous old ballad.  The old ballad, The Murder of the Lawson Family,

  • Steve Gulley Web Site / Solo Project

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    Steve Gulley, one of bluegrass and acoustic music's premier vocalists, has hired Jewell Designs to design and maintain his internet home.  Gulley has a new solo project titled "Sounds Like Home" that is scheduled for release in early February 2007.