Here's our Very Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week's Bluegrass Weather Report, looking at the Christmas in the Smokies festival in Pigeon Forge, TN.
Events
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All Star Benefit for James King in Nashville
As they always do, a group of top bluegrass artists have banded together to put on a benefit concert for James King. It is scheduled for December 15 at The Nashville Palace, with all proceeds going to the James King
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Bluegrass Weather Report – 11/25/14
Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week's Bluegrass Weather Report, looking at this Thanksgiving weekend's South Carolina State Bluegrass Festival in Myrtle Beach, SC.
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Special C does Australia
We heard last week from Greg Cahill, who shared a few words (and photos) about Special Consensus' recent trip Down Under. Special C made the first band trip to Australia last week to play the MountainGrass festival in Harriettville (about 4
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Terry and Jan Lease retiring
Since 1986, Terry Lease has been actively promoting bluegrass music in Illinois, and surrounding midwestern states. He and his wife, Jan, hosted their first Greater Downstate Indoor Bluegrass Festival in Springfield in November of '86, and have run it annually
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Hot Rize in Ann Arbor
Hot Rize made the Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan one of the current tour stops where they played to a packed house. About a third of the audience were seeing them for the first time. The rest of us were
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Three ReFlecktions on Béla and Abigail in Frederick
This set of reflections on a Béla Fleck/Abigail Washburn concert is a first contribution from Jen Hughes, a new writer we hope to feature semi-regularly at Bluegrass Today. Perfectionism I have always thought Béla Fleck is a perfectionist. I came to this
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Bluegrass Weather Report – 11/18/14
Heres our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week's Bluegrass Weather Report, looking in on the big doin's this in Withlachochee, FL.
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Donna Hughes talks 2 albums and 20 tunes
Donna Hughes stopped by for a chat at World of Bluegrass to talk about her two new albums, one with a bluegrass rhythm section, From The Heart, and the other, Fly, with Donna on piano and more of a singer/songwriter vibe. And
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Larry Stephenson talks Pull Your Savior In
Larry Stephenson joined us during World of Bluegrass week in September to talk about his latest release, the all-Gospel album Pull Your Savior In. We ended up reminiscing a bit about his days with The Bluegrass Cardinals a bit as