The official web site for The Recording Academy, formerly The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, who distributes the annual Grammy Awards, has a nice piece up on the 40th Anniversary issue of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine. It was written
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The IBMA Board – who are they?
IBMA has been on our minds, and on this blog a lot recently. Most of that due to the recent World of Bluegrass event held in Nashville, TN recently. Some of the discussion of IBMA though has sprung from the
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Thile in The Washington Post
The Washington Post had a short piece about Chris Thile's new CD, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, in it's weekend edition. You can read it online here. It's only a couple paragraphs but it's great that Thile
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Frank Solivan II – GrassCast Interview #48
Listen now: (IE users click to activate) This episode of The GrassCast features an interview with Frank Solivan II. Frank plays in the Navy band Country Current. He performs on mandolin and fiddle when the band
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Jerry Douglas’ IBMA Kenote Address online
One of the events we discussed here on Bluegrass Today during IBMA week in Nashville last month was Jerry Douglas' Keynote Address to the organization on September 25. As I mentioned in that post: His address seemed to focus on three basic
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Wichita Rutherford impersonates Ricky Skaggs
I posted last week about a video that our pal Wichita Rutherford put up as a podcast (and in his blog). The video was recorded for and played at IBMA last month. In the video Wichita is playing cards with
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Sonny Osborne video snippet available on Gibson site
Gibson has made a brief video lesson from Sonny Osborne available on their web site. It is taken from his Homespun DVD, The Bluegrass Banjo of Sonny Osborne, and has him demonstrating his solo for Sunny Side Of The Mountain. The
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New South audio now up on iTunes
When I profiled Lefty's Old Guitar, the new release from J.D. Crowe & The New South yesterday, I mentioned that no audio samples had yet turned up online. The Rounder site still has no audio, but samples are now available in
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WorldWideBluegrass.com under new management
Original Country Radio Network, previous owner of 24/7 online bluegrass outlet WorldWideBluegrass.com, has folded operation. Ownership and operation of WWB has been undertaken by Gracie Muldoon, who functioned as both an on-air host and station manager while the streaming radio
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IBMA week interviews on GAC this week
GAC was present at IBMA's World of Bluegrass last month taping interviews that will begin running this week on Edge of Country, hosted Kylie Harris. The interviews were taped at the Awards Show and in the Exhibit Hall. John and