Bluegrass At Large

  • Bluegrass Painter creates IBMA Art

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    Our friend Bob Yonke over at Appalachian Studio (and his blog The Bluegrass Painter) was commissioned last year to create a piece of artwork for this year's (2008) IBMA World of Bluegrass event. He emailed over the weekend and sent

  • Dave Freeman remembers

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    In the latest edition of the County Sales Newsletter, #290, David Freeman, the founder of the longstanding and illustrious retail outlet "for bluegrass, old-time and authentic rural music", is in a nostalgic mood, telling his readers how it used to

  • Where did the time go…?

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    That's how Katy Daly titled an email to us recently which included this photo of a young Carl Jackson jamming at the Bean Blossom festival in 1973. It was taken by her fellow show host on BluegrassCountry.org, Hubie King. Katy's show airs

  • Marty Stuart donates Lester Flatt’s guitar

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    It seems Marty Stuart has given quite a Valentine's Day gift to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. On Wednesday, February 13, 2008, he donated Lester Flatt's old 1950 D-28 to the museum. History tells us Lester bought the

  • Stone, Reischman grab Juno nominations

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    Banjoist Jayme Stone and mandolinist John Reischman each received a JUNO nomination from The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences last week. The awards, which celebrate the work of Canadian musical artists, will be announced at the 37th annual

  • Sore Fingers Bluegrass week

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    Our friend Laura Leder from Cool Mandolin Company emailed recently to ask us to remind students of bluegrass and old time music - both here in the US, and in the UK and Europe - about Sore Fingers Week

  • American Banjo Museum moving

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    The National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame Museum is soon to undergo an complete makeover, including a relocation and a name change. Originally founded in 1998 as a museum for the public display of original four-string tenor banjos from the jazz

  • Bellbrook Jamboree 2008

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    We are proud and pleased to announce the first annual Bellbrook Jamboree. This festival will be taking place May 16-18, 2008. We are located just outside of Dayton, OH in Bellbrook along the Little Miami River. This

  • St. Louis Flatpick 2008

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    Bluegrass has always been a highly participatory genre, with a higher than average number of fans being amateur or part time players as well, something we share with jazz and folk music. One of the surest signs of the continuing growth

  • A few more Grammy notes…

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    As we ponder the results of the 2008 Grammies - and breathe a sigh of relief that Cherryholmes didn't have to worry about being photographed with Amy Winehouse - there are yet a few more stories that bear mentioning. On Saturday,