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  • KET Big Family documentary viewable online

    September 2, 2019 | by John Lawless

    In keeping with our video theme for a lazy Labor Day, unless you live in southeastern Florida... If you missed Big Family: The Story Of Bluegrass Music on PBS over the weekend, or maybe would like to see it again, the

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  • Don’t forget.. Big Family airs tonight!

    August 30, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Tonight, August 30, is the PBS network premiere of Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music, a 2-hour documentary produced by Kentucky Educational Television. The film attempts to tell the story of our music in that short space of time,

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  • Big Family presents bluegrass in all its majesty

    July 16, 2019 | by John Lawless

    This past weekend I made the trek to Owensboro in northwestern Kentucky to visit the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, and attend the premiere of the new documentary film from Kentucky Educational Television, Big Family - The Story of Bluegrass

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  • Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music coming from KET

    June 13, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Kentucky Educational Television (KET), the commonwealth-wide public television network for the 15th state, has announced an August 30 PBS national premiere for their latest bluegrass music film, Big Family - The Story Of Bluegrass Music.  The 2-hour documentary seeks to tell

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