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  • 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

  • Bill Anderson talks bluegrass

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    Whisperin' Bill Anderson may not be among the first names which come to mind when you start talking bluegrass. His success came as a country singer and songwriter, and he has managed to thrive as a songsmith in the modern

  • Beach to Bluegrass

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    Joe Tennis is a weekly features writer for the Bristol Herald Courier, but he's also a published author. His newest book was just recently published by Overmountain Press. The book, titled Beach to Bluegrass: Places to Brake on Virginia's Longest Road,

  • The Banjo in Beijing

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    CBS recently ran a short piece on Abigail Washburn and her banjo. What makes Abigail newsworthy is the fact that she's playing, and singing, American music in China. The video shows footage of her performing at the Beijing Jazz Festival, and

  • Fiddler’s Ghost tops in St Lou

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    Fiddler's Ghost, the most recent novel from former Dillard's funny man Mitch Jayne, has been selected as among the Best Books of 2007 by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The book, released this summer by Wildstone Media, tells the tale of a

  • The Grascals – Opry December

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    We may be smack dab in the middle of the Christmas season, but The Grascals still have a busy December in store. They will be performing on The Grand Ole Opry four times this month, starting with tomorrow night's Tuesday Opry,

  • Final Four: The Clarks made it!

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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. We're getting down to the final stretch on Next Great

  • Flamekeeper on WFDU today

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    Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper will perform live on the air later this morning (12/7) from the studios of WFDU FM 89.1 in New Jersey. The band will join hosts Carol Beaugard and Steve Lutke on Lonesome Pine RFD from 11:00 a.m.

  • Rhonda on XM Friday morning

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    XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction will debut their newly recorded episode of Studio Special on Friday (12/7) featuring Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. For many, this will be the first chance to hear the latest edition of The Rage, with