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At this point, it’s neck and neck between Doyle Lawson and Del McCoury, with Doyle starting to pull into the lead.
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Which of these bluegrass icons would earn your vote?
Feel free to write in your own candidate.
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Initially it was all-Del, but in the back stretch, Rhonda Vincent pulled out all the stops and won it walking away. Readers were also invited to share their own suggestions, and collectively, those answers took third place.
Here is a look at the final tally.
Understandably, Ms. Vincent was delighted to receive this vote of support for her coif, and shared these words when informed of the news:
“It is always a special honor to win an award that is so totally unexpected – even to be listed in the category.
Special thanks to our friends and fans who joined together to make this possible! Thanks to Bluegrass Today for such an innovative idea.”
Always a good sport, Rhonda sent along a number of photos which show her on both good and not-so-good hair days.
The Other answer category had a wide variety of answers, with the leaders being:
So technically, Mike Andes should receive credit for making the top eight.
Thanks, everyone, for joining in the fun. We may redo this poll in the future, perhaps segregated by decade and/or gender. Inquiring minds, and all that!
Artists are sending their fans to vote, so we will keep the poll up until Thursday when we host the first live red carpet show from the International Bluegrass Music Awards. You can bet that everyone will be thinking about their hair Thursday evening!
As of Sunday afternoon, Rhonda Vincent has a commanding lead over Del McCoury, who had been the dominant front runner most of last week.
This poll also allowed for voters to include a write-in candidate of their own choosing. Larry Sparks and Jamie Dailey received several mentions, as did J.D. Crowe, Sam Bush, and Chad Graves (who I had intended to include initially). Mike Andes, Claire Lynch and Eric Gibson also snagged a few.
If you haven’t voted already, here’s your chance.
Not acoustic v.s. electric bass, old school v.s. big tent, or even Earl v.s. Don.
No… today’s burning question is: Who has the best hair in bluegrass?
Won’t you help us settle this burning issue by voting in this week’s poll? Choose one of our suggestions, or enter your own.
Please let us know what sort of content you would most enjoy seeing on Bluegrass Today. Do you like to read the hard news, or would you like to see more artist profiles, CD reviews, video… or what have you?
This poll will allow you to enter any other answer that occurs to you. Since that can make for a very long list of results, we will wait and show the vote tally sometime before IBMA in Nashville at the end of September.
You can also leave comments on this post if you’d like to offer a longer response.
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Our poll this week asks whether airplay or sales chart reporting has an impact on your music purchases.
Here at Bluegrass Today, we publish both a weekly and a monthly chart that measures how often new bluegrass songs get played on the radio. Other publications, like Billboard, publish charts based on sales reported to Soundscan, and still others measure how popular new songs are with radio programmers.
How about your personal buying habits – does chart action affect your decision-making?
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Our poll this week is bound to generate some sparks.
We want to know which instrument in Bill Monroe’s original bluegrass band most epitomizes bluegrass music. Is it the beloved, all-powerful, everybody-loves-it 5 string banjo, or one of those other supporting instruments?
Let us know how you see it.
We look forward to your comments wondering how we could have left out the resonator guitar, harmonica or accordion.
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Traditional AM/FM broadcast stations, sometimes called terrestrial radio in today’s segmented digital market, remain a dominant player in local and national syndication markets. Many of these established outlets also stream their signal online, where they find listeners both within and beyond their transmission reach.
Then you have stations that are only available as online streams, or from satellite providers, both radio and television. Many cable TV providers also offer multiple themed channels of recorded music, and several shows make their audio available after the fact as a podcast.
How do you listen to bluegrass music? Choose as many options as apply.
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Do you hear it on the radio, or at a live show? Do you read about it in a magazine, or online? Perhaps a friend tells you about their new favorite song, or you get an email from an artist or label.
We all recognize that the music business is in a period of rapid, and somewhat traumatic change, and that this is as true in music marketing as it is in delivery.
Please share your input below, and let us know how new music typically makes its way across your consciousness.
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