Author: Brance

  • Chris Henry – Monroe Approved

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    Today being Bill Monroe's birthday it seems fitting to discuss a new CD from young Monroe-style mandolinist Chris Henry. The CD is titled Monroe Approved. Now that may seem like an overly ambiteous title for one so young, but it's

  • Chris Thile – GrassCast Interview #45

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    This episode of The GrassCast features an interview with mandolin master Chris Thile. We recorded this interview yesterday evening via the thilephone. Chris is on the road promoting his new CD, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground, and took

  • Bluegrass Festival To Benefit Juvenile Diabetes

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    October 26, 2006 at 7PM the Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners, WI will be home to a concert that is being held to raise money for The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The event features three bands, raffle items, jamming

  • The B – gravatars

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    If you've signed up for a gravatar for use on The B you may have noticed that it takes a while for them to be approved. I know that a number of you have signed up for them, so I

  • Awards Poll Update – 9/11/06

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    Here's this week's update and report on the ongoing Awards Poll. Last week just over 10% of the registered users had voted in the poll. This week the number of voters has increased to 16%. During this week new registrations here

  • Reader Feedback

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    Thank you to everyone that has responded to our request for reader feedback. We've gotten some great responses and we'll share some of them with you below. Some of the ideas that you guys had were really good and we're

  • New River Line – Chasing My Dreams

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    The band New River Line has just announced the release of a new CD, Chasing My Dreams, on Kindred Records. Chasing My Dreams is the sophomore recording from this Kentucky band and features 12 original songs all written by members

  • Grascals – Grasscast Interview #44

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    This new episode features an interview John did with Jamie Johnson about three weeks ago in Nashville. Jamie spoke with us just after the IBMA Awards Nominations press conference on August 15, and the discussion centered around the band's new

  • Reader Feedback Requested (repost)

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    We've been blogging for a little over a year, and you've been reading for all that time. Now we'd like to know what you think. We've put up a Feedback Form and we're asking for you, the reader, to help

  • XM Satellite Radio vs Songwriters Guild

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    This piece of news is not directly Bluegrass related, but I thought it might be of interest to some of our readers. It seems the Songwriters Guild of America has joined forces with the RIAA in a legal battle against