Mike Compton, one of the leading Monroe style mandolinists in the world today, has a section of his website devoted to providing free tablature and sheet music to his fans and admirers. Some of the tunes are standards like Billy
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Van Heffer – The CD
If any of you have been following the Van Heffer documentary podcasts from Wichita Rutherford, then you may already know that the CD is going to be released on Feb 7th. This may just be a first for a bluegrass
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Faculty recital at Berklee by August Watters, mandolinist
We have posted several times recently about Berklee College Of Music's acceptance of traditional stringed instruments like banjo and mandolin as principal instruments of study at the school. One of the architects of this change was August Watters, Associate Professor
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Brad Davis, Flatpicking The Blues DVD
Brad Davis' name should be familiar to regular readers of Bluegrass Today. He has served as one of our Guest Contributors, and we have posted a number of times about his various exploits as a performer, guitar instructor, songwriter and
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Bluegrass workshop weekend in Calgary
The Foothills Bluegrass Music Society in Calgary, Alberta is hosting their 1st Annual Chinookgrass Academy at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Calgary on February 11-12, 2006. Instructors include Bill Evans (banjo), John Reischman (mandolin), Eric Thompson (guitar), Trisha Gagnon (bass),
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Steve Smith & Hard Road coming east
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Steve Smith, based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, will be bringing his music - and his band, Hard Road - back east for a number of shows in February 2006. Steve is a native of eastern Virginia,
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Bobby Osborne – Try A Little Kindness
Bobby Osborne, and the Rocky Top X-Press, were in the studio last year working on a new CD titled Try a Little Kindness. He is planning a release date of February 28, 2006, on the Rounder Records label. I was able
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Red Henry on the Monroe Mandolin Camp
We posted last week about the Monroe Style Mandolin Camp which will be hosted this fall by the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY. Among the instructors chosen for this new event is Red Henry, who passed along
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Michael Cleveland’s Flamekeeper doing shows this year
Award winning fiddler Michael Cleveland has announced that in addition to his regular gig as a member of Dale Ann Bradley's band, he will also be doing shows this year with his own group, FlameKeeper. Joining him will be Audie
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Josh Turner’s new CD features duet with Ralph Stanley
Country singer Josh Turner releases his sophomore CD Your Man today, January 24th, 2006. The CD may be of interest to readers of Bluegrass Today due to the inclusion of a duet with Dr. Ralph Stanley on the gospel number