The five co-winners of the 2020 Steve Martin Banjo Prize were announced today by the FreshGrass Foundation, who had partnered earlier this year with Steve Martin to keep this award, which he initially conceived and funded, going forward into the
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Steve Martin Banjo Prize partners with FreshGrass and Compass
The Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music has for the past ten years awarded a grant of $50,000 annually to a prominent 5 string banjoist which Steve and his Board of Directors have selected. The first
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FreshGrass festival adds a second site in Arkansas
FreshGrass, the festival and organization based in Massachusetts, has announced a second event under their banner to be held in Bentonville, AR. And like the original in North Adams, MA, which is held on the campus of the Massachusetts Museum
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FreshGrass award finalists for 2017 announced
The annual FreshGrass festival, held on the campus of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), has announced the invited finalists in their various competitions. They will go head to head on Sunday, September 17, on the last day
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No Depression takes to Kickstarter for return to print
No Depression, initially a folk arts print quarterly, then an online alternative music magazine, is planning a return to paper and ink with the help of an online crowdsourcing campaign. Now under the direction of the FreshGrass team, No Depression
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Dear Sister video from Claire Lynch
Dear Sister, the title track from Claire Lynch's current CD, has been a very popular number for her this past 18 months or so. Co-written by Claire and Louisa Branscomb, it continues her habit of recording thoughtful and compelling songs
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2014 FreshGrass Awards
The 2014 FreshGrass festival, held on the campus of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, will again host their FreshGrass Awards during the weekend of September 18-21. Cash awards and free recording time will be offered in three categories:
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FreshGrass acquires No Depression
FreshGrass, an aggressive new music festival launched last year at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, has acquired the Americana/folk publication No Depression. No Depression began as a print journal in 1995, publishing bi-monthly with a focus on alt-country music.
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FreshGrass announces new songwriting competition
Bluegrass and related music styles has a long history of competition, contests for the various instruments, and for bands taking place going back several decades. The latest entrant to the field of competition, this year's FreshGrass festival at MASS MoCA in