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  • McCoury New Years Eve video

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    Del McCoury's web folks have posted a clever and humorous video to promote the now annual New Year's Eve Party at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Joining Del and the boys will be Ronnie Bowman, Drew Emmitt, Jon Fishman, Vince Herman

  • New shows out for syndication

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    Even as broadcasters and performer/songwriter's rights organizations spar over changing media technologies, we see continued growth in syndicated bluegrass radio programs. Typically, these shows are produced in advance and distributed at no cost to affiliate stations who agree to air

  • Toby and Rob on Ellen

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    Here's a YouTube clip of Toby Keith singing Please Come Home For Christmas on the Ellen show December 6. Rob Ickes is prominently featured on dobro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1BoXgzC4f0

  • 2008 SPBGMA nominees announced

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    The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America (SPBGMA) has announced the nominees for their 2008 Bluegrass Music Awards. Unlike the awards handed out by the International Bluegrass Music Association - which are awarded based on several rounds of

  • Top Three for the Clarks

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    This report comes from Casey Henry, a banjo player and writer living in Nashville, TN. She performed the past few years with her brother, Chris, in The Two Stringers, now disbanded. The Clark Brothers will definitely be either first, second,

  • Sirius Bluegrass Top 17

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    Count Down Yonder is the name of the newest show to debut on Sirius Bluegrass, channel 65 on the Sirius Satellite Radio network. Each Friday at 3:00 p.m. they will announce and spin the top 17 songs as determined by listener

  • Hot off the presses

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    Dennis Satterlee, the author of the Red Allen biography Teardrops In My Eyes, has written to share some good news for Allen fans eager to get their hands on the book, though tempered with some sad news as well. It seems

  • DL&Q on PHC 12/15

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    Doyle Lawson is packing up his merry band and heading for New York City to perform live on A Prairie Home Companion this Saturday evening (12/15). They have two Christmas tunes ready - an instrumental medley and a different

  • Bluegrass FM follows new broadcast model

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    Pete Stover, general manager of Bluegrass FM, sent us a note about the launch of their second all bluegrass radio station in Virginia. What makes this regional story of wider interest is the income stream they use to support the station's

  • Can You Duet?

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    With the television writer's strike in its sixth week, speculation has been rife that the 2008 American TV season would lean even heavier on reality shows. Right on time, CMT has announced that they have teamed up with the producers of