This is a bit late arriving but better late than never. For those of you who did not get to attend The Blue Ridge Music Festival you missed some really great music. As is the case at most any show
Bluegrass At Large
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Is Bluegrass old enough to be traditional?
Express, a blog belonging to the Washington Post, has a short article up about Chris Thile. They quote Chris on the topic of bluegrass tradition. Chris expresses his viewpoint in words similar to those he used in our recent GrassCast
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Uncle Josh Graves on You Tube
Of interest on You Tube: Uncle Josh Graves plays Reuben's Train in one of his final performances, a month before his passing. Great three minute clip of Uncle Josh with Bobby Osborne on mandolin and Dean Osborne on banjo.
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Drew Emmitt Band
Has anyone heard rumors for where the Drew Emmitt Band might be going for their next tour?
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New Gibson bluegrass models introduced
Gibson's bluegrass division introduced three new limited edition models recently - one each in their banjo, dobro and mandolin lines. The new banjo is a vintage RB-4 re-issue. Like the style 4 banjos made prior to WWII, this re-issue will be
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Farmpark Bluegrass Festival – Denton, NC
Farmpark Bluegrass Festival We pull off the narrow rural road into a drive flanked by two Frick Eclipse steam powered tractors. It's early Wednesday afternoon and there's not much going on yet. Throughout the afternoon and evening RVs will form a
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Bradley Walker video online
This morning I was surfing around the net and discovered that Rounder Records has a video online about Bradley Walker. They're calling it an ecard, but it's more like a mini-documentary. It contains some obvious promotional elements, but that's ok.
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Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration 2006
Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration '06! I can't find adequate words to describe the aura that surrounded this wonderful event! Taking place on "Ground Zero" for bluegrass music, the birthplace of Bill Monroe, the Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration is fast becoming "THE"
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Sunday Reading
For your Sunday reading pleasure I've gathered up a couple links to articles that might be of interest. Here they are in no particular order. Vince Gill - The Boston Globe has a nice 2 page story about Vince Gill's new
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The Krauss Plant
Word has it that Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, of Led Zeppelin fame, will be in Nashville this coming week working on a new duet record. Two of the studio musicians lined up so far are Dennis Crouch on bass and Marc