Bluegrass At Large

  • Recording King Custom Shop

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    The instrument company Recording King has recently opened a custom shop and is accepting orders for handcrafted banjos and acoustic guitars, in both the U.S. and Japan. You start with a standard Recording King model and order changes in components, finishes,

  • American Folk & Country Music Festival

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    Our UK correspondent, Richard F Thompson, shares this news. Forty years before the 'O Brother/Down From The Mountain' tour, an earlier group of like-minded musicians took some Appalachian music on the road. Thankfully, some of the music performed by the small

  • Happy Holidays – 2008 Bluegrass Shows

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    Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas from Bon Mar Productions! Thank you for your support of Bluegrass Music! I look forward to an exciting year in 2008. I have Two GREAT Shows lined up: January 2008 - Constant Change and a Reno/Smiley Tribute by

  • Huber Banjos introduces The Berkshire

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    Steve Huber and his talented team of craftsmen at Huber Banjos have a new model in their line. The Berkshire was introduced officially at this past October's IBMA convention in Nashville and is featured in their 2008 catalog. It was designed

  • Holladay card drive

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    We posted in late October with news of the devastating fire that gutted the home of young banjo picker Ryan Holladay. Fortunately, neither of Ryan's parents (Mark and Lisa Holladay) were hurt, nor was his sister, Hannah. Ryan was not

  • The Banjo in Beijing

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    CBS recently ran a short piece on Abigail Washburn and her banjo. What makes Abigail newsworthy is the fact that she's playing, and singing, American music in China. The video shows footage of her performing at the Beijing Jazz Festival, and

  • Ole Dominion Jamboree Show Grows

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    Wow what a year!!! I started as a DJ on WorldWideBluegrass.com in Oct of 2006 and on a terrestrial station the same month. Now the Ole Dominion Jamboree Show is heard live or syndicated on 4 earth bound stations: WLEE

  • Mac Wiseman Christmas card drive

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    We just got a note from Gary Williams, who hosts the Old Dominion Jamboree on WLEE in Richmond, VA and is one of the founders of VaBluegrass.com Gary is asking everyone to get on board and send a card to

  • Station Inn Christmas Bluegrass Homeless Benefit

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    The Station Inn again this year will be hosting it's annual Homeless Benefit this Sunday evening. The concert is designed to raise money, and awareness, for Room In The Inn, a homeless shelter in Nashville, TN. The Station Inn asks that