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  • United Breaks Guitars #3

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    By now we're all familiar with the continuing story of Dave Carroll's sing-off with United Airlines over the breaking of his Taylor Guitar. He didn't get an adequate response from the United Customer Service people, so he took to the

  • Call for submissions to bluegrass film festival

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    Attention independent documentary filmmakers... The Northern California Bluegrass Society is accepting submissions for their 4th annual NCBS International Bluegrass Music Museum Film Festival through October 25, 2010. The film festival is held in conjunction with the Bluegrass On Broadway Festival, a

  • Big milestone for Banjo Hangout

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    Banjo Hangout, the vibrant online community for banjo players of every stripe, reached a major milestone recently when they signed up their 50,000th member. I can feel the wailing and gnashing of teeth from mandolin and guitar players this whole

  • Last batch of bass travel videos

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    We've all been having big fun with our Barry Bales, Have Bass Will Travel video contest, launched in conjunction with the release of his AcuTab instructional DVD. Who knew that bass players were so creative? Here are the last few entries to

  • More Have Bass Will Travel videos

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    OK folks... today's the day. Video entries for our Have Bass Will Travel contest need to be in by midnight tonight (8/20) to be in the running for more than $900 in valuable prizes. Before we close entries, however, Bluegrass Today

  • Lotsa bluegrass on Blue Plate today

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    Blue Plate Special, which airs weekdays at noon on WDVX in Knoxville, has a heaping helping of bluegrass in store for today's (8/20) show. In fact, there is so much music that they have extended today's program to 2 hours. Featured

  • The future of Bluegrass Europe magazine

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    The European Bluegrass Blog has been posting some news recently concerning the future of Bluegrass Europe magazine. It seems the board of the European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA) has decided to continue publication of the magazine, as a stand-alone publication beginning

  • More video entries rolling in

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    As Friday's deadline approaches, entries in our Have Bass Will Travel video contest are coming in bunches. The contest was announced in conjunction of the release of Alison Krauss bass man Barry Bales' AcuTab instructional DVD, and he has been getting

  • IBMA announces 2010 award nominees

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    The nominees for the 2010 International Bluegrass Music Awards have been announced. The list was read at a press conference in Nashville earlier this morning. Not many surprises in the list, though IIIrd Tyme Out is more prominent among the various

  • Are you ready to go?

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    So asks Lori King of Drakesville, IA of her husband Joe when it's time to head gigward. Lori and Joe perform with Bluegrass Addiction along with Gary Fisher and Scott Amos, and here's her entry in our Have Bass Will Travel