Bluegrass radio news

  • Mark Newton on XM

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    Mark Newton will be on XM's Bluegrass Junction tomorrow (10/25) with a World Premier of his new Rebel release, Hillbilly Hemingway. The CD won't be officially released until November 7, but Mark and producer Carl Jackson will join XM's Kyle Cantrell

  • Clay Jones on WWB today

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    Mountain Heart guitarist Clay Jones will be online with Gracie Muldoon later today, during her Muldoon In The Afternoon show on WorldWideBluegrass.com. The show airs Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 1:00-3:00 p.m. (eastern), and Clay will be on with Gracie

  • Bill Keith on WWB

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    This coming Tuesday (10/24), you can join 5 string banjo innovator and entrepreneur Bill Keith as he is interviewed on WorldWideBluegrass.com by Becky Taylor. Her show, Out-Of-The-Box, is cybercast live over the internet from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. (EDT),

  • Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain on XM

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    UPDATED 11/9: The dates indicated for Carrie's Studio Special when this was first posted were incorrect, owing to mistaken information being provided to us. The dates shown below have been edited, and are correct. Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain, will be

  • Opry 81st Birthday Bash

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    This weekend The Grand Ole Opry is celebrating their 81st Birthday, and they have some great bluegrass on both the Friday and Saturday night shows. Later tonight, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder with special guest Earl Scruggs will perform twice

  • Bill Foster returns to WAMU

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    We just got word from the folks at WAMU/BluegrassCountry.org that one of their wayward show hosts has returned to the roost. Bill Foster, who was a host on the popular Bluegrass Overnight show broadcast in the DC area from 1985

  • KRFC receives major grant from CPB

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    We got a note earlier this week from Andrea Bradstreet, who hosts the Rocky Mountain Breakdown bluegrass show on KRFC, aired from Fort Collins, CO. She wanted to share a story that ran in The Coloradan on October 1, which described

  • Hardly Strictly Bluegrass on NPR

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    National Public Radio's Morning Edition program had a feature this morning on the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival, which takes place this weekend in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. This is a free, annual event which is undertaken as a gift

  • Chris Thile on XM October 1

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    Chris Thile will be a guest next week on The Loft, on XM Satellite Radio's Channel 50. The show involves a wide range of musical styles, but always features interviews and live performances recorded at The Living Room in New York.

  • Bluegrass Opry this weekend

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    Be sure to check in on the Grand Ole Opry broadcast this weekend, as they have taken on a bluegrass theme in recognition of IBMA week here in Nashville. The Friday and Saturday night radio shows will feature bluegrass artists,