Another bluegrass icon has passed. Frank Buchanan died Wednesday, July 4th, at the age of 78. He was a member of Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys in the early 1960’s. In a Facebook posting, banjo legend Raymond Fairchild wrote: “A very
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Album of the Week #24 – Bean Blossom
I’m sure that everyone who made their way to Brown County, IN last week has had a great time at the longest running bluegrass festival in the world, Bean Blossom. I was able to attend on Saturday evening, and I
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Doc Watson and Bill Monroe audio
Fred Robbins, one of bluegrass music's most diligent archivists, has assembled five stage recordings from Doc Watson on his web site. These are all contributions from Ken Landreth, captured between 1969 and '71. Younger festival goers may not know that during
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Rodgers Remembrance Vol VI: Muleskinner Blues (Blue Yodel No 8)
This week we are going to remember the life and times of America’s Blue Yodeler, the Singing Brakeman, and the Father of Country Music: the late, great Jimmie Rodgers. On Saturday, May 26, Jimmie Rodgers will have been gone 79
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Rodgers’ Rememberance Vol I: Brakeman’s Blues
This week we are going to remember the life and times of America’s Blue Yodeler, the Singing Brakeman, and the Father of Country Music: the late, great Jimmie Rodgers. On Saturday, May 26, Jimmie Rodgers will have been gone 79 years. Arguably
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American Songwriter’s Bluegrass Moment
The May/June issue of American Songwriter magazine has a lot to offer bluegrassers, although not on the songwriting front. The country music issue is filled with insights about Chris Thile and the Punch Brothers, Dierks Bentley and the man himself,
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Curtis Blackwell Band to tour Ireland
Former Blue Grass Boy Curtis Blackwell has announced plans to tour Ireland in June 2012. The tour will include eleven shows in twelve days, most of which it appears are being held in community Arts Centres. (It's wonderful to see how
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Blue Moon Of Kentucky movie news
The bluegrass world has been abuzz since it was announced that a biopic is going to be made about the life of Bill Monroe. Movies about music stars’ lives have proved very successful, and I hope Bill’s will follow in
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RBI retells Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration
On Sunday (4/8), Best Of Bluegrass on Radio Bluegrass International will air a special program recalling the Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration hosted by the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY in September 2011. The show airs from 4:00-6:00 p.m. (EDT), streamed live
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Blue Yodel #24 – Moonwalking with Big Mon
Let me say up front that this article is not about a night I had on the dance floor in the 80s with the father of bluegrass. It’s about remembering lyrics, but would you have started reading something called “Fun