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Mike Auldridge

  • Winners announced for 2022 Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest

    November 8, 2022 | by John Lawless

    The DC Bluegrass Union, which exists to promote bluegrass music in the US capitol region, has announced the winners of their 2022 Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest. The competition was initiated following Mike's passing in 2012, and is held each year

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  • Akira Otsuka’s photos of The Country Gentlemen circa late 1970s

    August 16, 2022 | by Guest Contributor

    Charlie Waller recording with The Country Gentlemen at Track Recorders - photo © Akira Otsuka Here is another gallery of photos Akira Otsuka took at Track Recorders in Silver Spring, MD during the late 1970s. These are of the Country Gentlemen tracking

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  • 2021 Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest winners announced

    November 11, 2021 | by John Lawless

    The DC Bluegrass Union has announced the winners of their 2021 Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest. DCBU holds this each year, both to honor the memory of reso-guitar master, Mike Auldridge, his many contributions to the capitol area bluegrass community, and

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  • Winners announced in 2020 Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest

    November 2, 2020 | by John Lawless

    The DC Bluegrass Union has announced the winners in their 2020 Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest, an annual event to toast the compositional efforts of bluegrass pickers. Held in honor of the late great Mike Auldridge, who added many new tunes

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  • Entries now being accepted for Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest

    August 10, 2020 | by John Lawless

    The folks with the DC Bluegrass Union have opened up entries in their 4th annual tune writing competition, named in honor of one of the greatest bluegrass instrumentalists in the history of Washington, DC. Submissions can be made now for the

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  • DCBU Announces winners of Mike Auldridge tune contest

    November 18, 2019 | by David Morris

    A gaggle of familiar names are among the winners of the 2019 Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition Contest, sponsored by the DC Bluegrass Union. The first place song, Chapel Hill Deer Stalk, comes from George Jackson, a Madison, TN, fiddler who tours

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  • Winners announced in the Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition contest

    December 4, 2017 | by John Lawless

    The DC Bluegrass Union has announced the winners in their inaugural running of the Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition Contest. After several successful years running a bluegrass song competition honoring the late Hazel Dickens, the Union decided to run a tune contest

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  • Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition Contest deadline this weekend

    October 12, 2017 | by John Curtis Goad

    The acoustic music world often praises the talents of songwriters, with awards like Songwriter and Song of the Year. While this is certainly a good thing, the composing prowess of musicians who focus primarily on instrumental tunes is often overlooked.

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  • DC Bluegrass Union sets instrumental contest

    August 1, 2017 | by David Morris

    Here’s an idea that’s long overdue: A writing contest that focuses on instrumental numbers in the bluegrass and old-time traditions. The DC Bluegrass Union opened entries today for the inaugural Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest, which will go hand-in-hand with the organization’s

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  • One Critic’s Picks: The Best of 2014

    December 29, 2014 | by David Morris

    One of the best parts of this job is finding new music in my mailbox on a regular basis. But the fun turns into work at the end of the year, when I wade back through all of that music

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