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Four celebrated fiddlers were honored on February 6 with induction into the National Fiddlers Hall of Fame. The ceremony was held at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in Tulsa. The organization, based in Tulsa, has been in existence since 2008. In addition to honoring the greats of the genre, the Hall of Fame is in the [...]
In addition to updates on a pair of weekend festivals, our Very Special Correspondent introduces a new character to the Bluegrass Weather Report. [jwplayer config="bgtnwm" width="450" height="258" file="https://bgt.builtlikeclockwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/weather2_22.mp4" image="https://bgt.builtlikeclockwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/weather_vid.jpg"]
... with Martha White. So goes the opening line of the most famous commercial in bluegrass history. It was first brought to the fore by Flatt & Scruggs in 1953 through their live shows, radio and television appearances. Lester and Earl became identified with the company, which benefited greatly when the band rose to widespread [...]
A Prairie Home Companion will on this week's radio show be presenting three individually distinctive banjo players; Bill Evans, educator, composer and author; the progressive Noam Pikelny; and innovative old-time picker Joe Newberry. Also on the show are traditional county music singer Suzy Bogguss and country music historian Bill C Malone, author of the first [...]
