Author: Brance

  • Wichita interviews Bela Fleck

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    Our good buddy Wichita Rutherford interviews Bela Fleck in the latest episode of his podcast 5 Minutes With Wichita. As usual, it's hilarious and worth spending 5 minutes on. I was a little worried for my friend at one point,

  • Episode #18 – Bobby Hicks

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    Episode #18 of The GrassCast features an interview with fiddle legend Bobby Hicks. John and Bobby discuss his storied career in both bluegrass and country music - starting with Bill Monroe while still his teens, through The Bluegrass Album

  • Ragin’ Live on PBS affiliates

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    One of the hottest bluegrass video projects of the past year has been Rhonda Vincent & The Rage's Ragin' Live. Released simultaneously on DVD and audio CD in March of 2005, Ragin' Live captured Rhonda and the band in a

  • Planet Bluegrass Podcast

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    There is now one more bluegrass podcast in circulation over the internet. Planet Bluegrass is now hosting a bi-weekly podcast featuring interviews with performers scheduled to appear at upcoming festivals. The podcast also includes memories from past festivals and news

  • Rockygrass announces 2006 lineup

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    Planet Bluegrass has just announced the complete lineup for this years RockyGrass bluegrass festival. The festival takes place in Lyons, CO July 28-30. 2006 is an exciting year for RockyGrass as it marks it's 34th year, and it's the fist

  • Audie Blaylock featured in Richmond Times Dispatch

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    The Richmond Times Dispatch website recently posted a story about Audie Blaylock. It's a nice article with some good background info about Audie, including some great comments from him about Jimmy Martin. If you'd like some info about Audie, go

  • Butch Baldassari Online Video Instruction

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    Butch Baldassari has announced that he is experimenting with realtime mandolin lessons over the internet via webcasting. He's planning both private and group lessons and will be hosting the sessions from his teaching facility in Nashville, TN using MSN-Messenger. To

  • Rebel catalog now on iTunes

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    Rebel Records announced on Friday (2/24) that their entire catalog is now available for digital download from Apple's iTunes Music Store. Every current, in-print release can be purchased via iTunes, as well as a few out of print titles. Rebel

  • Even more MySpace bluegrass

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    Following up on a post from earlier this week... We have heard from a few other bluegrass bands who have created a home on MySpace.com. Blue Moon Rising and 3 Fox Drive can both be found on this hugely popular network.