Bluegrass Music Profiles

  • LRB in BMP

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    Brandon Rickman, guitarist and vocalist with Lonesome River Band is interviewed in the current (March/April '09) issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles. The interview covers a lot of ground in the life of this young bluegrass singer and songwriter. Brandon talks about

  • Skaggs in BMP

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    The Jan/Feb issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles features a cover story interview with Ricky Skaggs where he discusses the first time he and Keith Whitley met The Stanley Brothers, the day he witnessed Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt perform together

  • Carrie Hassler has the key

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    Well, not yet...but she soon will. Pikeville, TN, Hassler's hometown, will be presenting her with the Key to the City next month. Pikeville Mayor, Greg Johnson, will make the presentation and proclaim Carrie Hassler Day, on December 5, 2008. There will

  • Women in Bluegrass – the In Thing?

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    The November/December 2008 edition of Bluegrass Music Profiles (BMP) is now available according to a note that I received this morning from the publishers, Bluegrass Publications, LLC. This new edition carries the legend "3rd Annual Women In Bluegrass Issue," and it

  • Grascals in new BMP

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    The new Bluegrass Music Profiles is out, with The Grascals on the cover. The September/October '08 issue finds Grascals Jamie Johnson and Danny Roberts interviewed about the band's latest CD, Keep On Walkin', their newest member (fiddler Jeremy Abshire), and their

  • New look for BMP

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    We just received our summer (July/August) issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles and found, in addition to a cover feature on Longview, that the magazine has graduated to a full color, glossy stock publication. BMP debuted in the spring of 2003 as

  • Steep Canyon Rangers in BMP

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    The latest (May/June) issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles is out, with a cover feature on Steep Canyon Rangers. The article features an interview with guitarist and primary vocalist Woody Platt, who discusses the band's humble beginnings, their first record deal (with

  • Dailey & Vincent in BMP

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    Dailey & Vincent grace the cover of the latest issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles, which contains a 5-page article on their new band. They were interviewed the day they debuted on The Opry, and reflected on the enormity of this

  • Dusters on the cover of BMP

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    The winter 2008 issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles has a cover feature on The Infamous Stringdusters in the form of an interview with resonator guitarist Andy Hall Andy talks with BMP about how the group came into existence, how they

  • Women in Bluegrass in BMP

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    The November/December issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles is out, and is their second annual Women In Bluegrass edition. The cover story is on Roni Stoneman and includes discussion of her new book, Pressing On - The Roni Stoneman Story. The article