Category: Community and Heritage

Joe Briggs passes

Just a few days ago we mentioned the efforts by Bill Evans and others to raise funds for the family of…

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On this day #8 – Ballad of Jed Clampett

On this day ….. On this day 50 years ago, January 19, 1963, the Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs’ recording of…

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SPBGMA nominees and Midwest winners announced

As each new year gets underway, bluegrass folks start thinking about the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America,…

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Rock House Entertainment launches from KY

There’s another new artist management agency in the bluegrass world. Jamie Dean and Joey Jones of Cumberland River have launched a…

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More on Matt Thompson’s mandolin

On Monday we posted a sad story with a happy ending. It was the story of Matt Thompson of Monroe Crossing…

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Behind The Dream – Darrell Webb

Rural Rhythm has begun releasing editions of their BlueHighways TV show, Behind The Dream, as online videos. The half hour program…

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Special C at Stonehenge

Special C is in the middle of their British tour, and we just got a note from Greg Cahill – and…

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Fundraiser for Joe Briggs

Joe Briggs is a bass player who has worked for many years in and around the acoustic, bluegrass and roots music…

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Bluegrass to English translations

Chris Jones, our dutiful chronicler of bluegrass whimsy, found himself low on time this week, so we are re-running this clever…

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Stolen instrument alert: LaPlant mandolin *updated – found *

Matt Thompson, mandolinist with Monroe Crossing, had a pair of cherished instruments stolen yesterday afternoon. His 2003 F-5 LaPlant mandolin and…

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