Bluegrass At Large

  • Herschel Sizemore mandolin book reprinted

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    When AcuTab's book of Herschel Sizemore mandolin transcriptions went out of print earlier this year, the company had no plans for a reprint. Though the book had found an appreciative audience with serious students of bluegrass mandolin, declining book sales

  • Welcome Hogan Wayne Benson

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    We just received news of the arrival of Hogan Wayne Benson, who was born on October 6, 2006. His parents are Kristin Scott Benson, banjo picker with Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, and Wayne Benson, mandolinist with The John

  • IBMA debate

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    Friends:   It enrages me that there would be any question as to having patriotic music at IBMA. Sure, there are people there from other countries, but we are the HOST country! If any attendees are offended(as if we did something obscene), at us

  • The IBMA CONTROVERSY

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    I spoke to many International members at IBMA.  With the exception of one person, they all reported having a favorable response to both Rhonda's and Country Currents songs.  No surprise there though since both were extremely well received by the

  • Remembering Josh Graves

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    I have never achieved fame for playing the dobro. But I shall never forget the first time I heard Josh Graves play. In 1960 I was a nine year old kid who came in the house one saturday afternoon. About that

  • IBMA Controversy In The Blogosphere

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    The recent IBMA Awards Show in Nashville resulted in some controversy surrounding the performance of some patriotic material performed by the US Navy Band, Country Current. You'll find all the details in our previous posts here and here. There is

  • Christie Lynn’s new CD on Gusto

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    Porter Wagoner may not be among the names that come to mind when you think of bluegrass music, but he has recently produced a recording of bluegrass and Gospel by his former duet partner, Christie Lynn. The CD, Christie Lynn

  • Tower Records is no more

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    Not long ago we reported that Tower Records was filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy and considering the sale of the business. That sale just occurred this weekend. A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday approved the sale of Tower Records to Great

  • Bill Evans on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

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    The following is a contribution from Bill Evans, well-known banjo picker, educator and semi-regular contributor here on Bluegrass Today. I'm just back - and completely exhausted! However, I wanted to share these pictures and relate a little bit of the magic

  • KRFC receives major grant from CPB

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    We got a note earlier this week from Andrea Bradstreet, who hosts the Rocky Mountain Breakdown bluegrass show on KRFC, aired from Fort Collins, CO. She wanted to share a story that ran in The Coloradan on October 1, which described