Here are a few stories we found online this weekend which many of our readers may enjoy. CMT.com ran a fun piece earlier this week about Amnesia, a club in San Francisco's Mission district, that has successfully launched a Monday night
Bluegrass print media news
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Summer issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles
The summer (July/August) issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles is available, featuring a cover story on Pine Mountain Railroad. BMP has as its focus, the people who play, write, and produce the music, along with those who build and maintain the instruments
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Cherryholmes II off to a good start
Cherryholmes have been a favorite with bluegrass fans since they hit the national scene just a few short years ago. Recently they released a new CD titled, Cherryholmes II Black and White. The new album just debuted in the #1 position
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Big doings planned for Monroe centennial
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Bill Monroe is still four years away, but long term strategic planning is already underway to commemorate the occasion. This morning's (6/25) edition of the Owensboro, KY Messenger-Inquirer has a story about this
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Takeharu Kunimoto & Last Frontier – Virginia to Tokyo
Takeharu Kunimoto is a popular personality in Japan, where he performs on the shamisen in the traditional rokyoku style, and works as an actor, storyteller and narrator for children's movies. He is also an accomplished bluegrass musician, both on the
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Fretboard Journal #6
The latest issue of The Fretboard Journal is in stores now, and should be arriving in subscribers mailboxes as well. This is the Summer 2007 issue from the quarterly publication. This issue's cover story is B.B. King, but there are several
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Rosenberg Bill Monroe Discography finally available
The latest effort from noted bluegrass music author Neil Rosenberg, The Music Of Bill Monroe, which Richard Thompson profiled for us late last year, is now shipping from the University of Illinois Press. It was written in conjunction with the
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History of the WTB Briarhoppers due this fall
Tom and Lucy Warlick have written a book on the WBT Briarhoppers, an "accidental" hillbilly band formed to perform on Charlotte, NC radio station WBT in 1934. The group was formed when an advertiser, Consolidated Drug Trade Company of Chicago,
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Harvest Wind involved in fatal accident
Members of North Carolina-based bluegrass/gospel group Harvest Wind were en route to a show in Missouri this past Friday (5/25) when their van was struck from behind, sending the vehicle into the path of a tractor trailer. The accident occurred
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Krauss/Rice feature in Washington Post
Richard Harrington has a nice piece in this morning's Washington Post on the current Alison Krauss & Union Station tour featuring the music - and the person - of Tony Rice. "My love and admiration for Tony goes back to what