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Tomorrow, June 28, The Small Business Committee of the US House of Representatives will conduct a full committee hearing on the hotly contested new royalty rates proposed by the Copyright Royalty Board. The topic of the hearing is officially given as: Assessing the Impact of the Copyright Royalty Board Decision to Increase Royalty Rates on [...]
Banjos falling from the sky! No, it's not this summer's new blockbuster horror film, it's the winner of the human-powered flying competition, Red Bull Flugtag Nashville last weekend. The Rocky Top Rocket, built and manned by The Greasy Brothers (Brandy, Brody, Blake and Ben Vincent and Brad Moore) not only took first place in the [...]
The Americana Music Association has announced the nominees for their 2007 Honors and Awards, with the winners to be announced on November 1 during their 6th Annual Americana Music Association's Honors and Awards Show in Nashville. Several of the nominees will be familiar to readers of Bluegrass Today, including Sam Bush for Instrumentalist, Uncle Earl [...]
The debut band CD from Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, featuring Audie Blaylock, is being recorded now in Nashville. Jeff White is producing, and while no official announcement has yet been made, Rounder Records is expected to release the new project early next year. At this point, the band is laying down some rhythm tracks while [...]
King Wilkie has a "what I did on my summer vacation" video posted at Amazon.com, which offers a behind the scenes look at the recording of their newly-released CD, Low Country Suite. It covers to some degree how the IBMA's Emerging Artist of the Year for 2004 went from a hip, young bluegrass act to [...]
The 100th anniversary of the birth of Bill Monroe is still four years away, but long term strategic planning is already underway to commemorate the occasion. This morning's (6/25) edition of the Owensboro, KY Messenger-Inquirer has a story about this effort, and the collaboration among a number of entities to bring it all together. The [...]
Noted mandolin teacher and transcriber, John McGann, has a new instructional DVD. Sound Fundamentals: Tone, Touch and Technique for Mandolin uses a number of crucial bluegrass mandolin techniques to help players find a wide range of pleasing tones, all the while stressing efficiency and comfort. McGann has an impressive resume, with a long list of [...]
Rebel Records has reissued two more classic out-of-print recordings as download-only releases. First up is a Lonesome River Band album from 1988, one which many recent fans of the band may learn about for the first time. Saturday Night, Sunday Morning came out on LP several years before the band took the bluegrass world by [...]
Bluegrass fans who turn to BluegrassCountry.org for their 24/7 bluegrass fix will be in for a shocker on Tuesday. The folks at BluegrassCountry, like their sister station WAMU.org, will participate in the Day Of Silence campaign on June 26 to protest the new royalty rates proposed for Internet radio by the Copyright Royalty Board. Their [...]
Here's a nice feel good story as we head into the weekend... All Things Considered, on National Public Radio, ran a piece earlier this week about Roland Clark, a 12 year old fiddle phenom from Vermont. Roland has been playing for only four years, but has found himself performing with both bluegrass and classical ensembles [...]
