October 26, 2006 at 7PM the Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners, WI will be home to a concert that is being held to raise money for The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The event features three bands, raffle items, jamming
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Awards Poll Update – 9/11/06
Here's this week's update and report on the ongoing Awards Poll. Last week just over 10% of the registered users had voted in the poll. This week the number of voters has increased to 16%. During this week new registrations here
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Bill Monroe Tribute shows
This post is another contribution from Richard Thompson, who has provided several special pieces to Bluegrass Today as we recall Bill Monroe today. In light of this ten year anniversary, many aficionados have organised special events to mark the occasion. Last
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Violin Shop Concerts, Vol II
We also heard last week from Fred Carpenter, who runs The Violin Shop in Nashville. He shared some of his plans for IBMA week later this month, which will include their participation during the Grand Masters Fiddle Contest (9/28-29), and
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Monroe-Style Mandolin Camp
The International Bluegrass Music Museum is hosting two Monroe-Style Mandolin Camps this month. The first camp runs September 8-10 and the second one September 15-17, 2006. The camps feature some great instruction from Mike Compton, Skip Gorman, David Long, Red
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Crooked Still heading for Ireland
Our friend Richard Hawkins over at The Bluegrass Ireland Blog is reporting that Crooked Still, the innovative Boston-based string band, is heading back to Ireland for a follow-up tour later this month. They made quite an impact when they visited
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Awards Poll Update – 9/4/06
After all the fun we had last year with our Awards Poll, we're off and running again this year with our 2nd annual Bluegrass Blog Awards Poll. If you haven't registered and voted yet, please join the fun. As of this
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G2 – young Swedish band to open for Doyle Lawson
You may not be familiar with a band named G2, but we suspect that you may be before long. They are five young Swedish blugrass musicians, who teamed up in October 2005 with a plan to form a new, contemporary
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Bradley Walker & Friends at the Ryman
The name Bradley Walker might not be that familiar to a lot of bluegrass fans, but you may have heard it whispered before in the halls at late night jam sessions at IBMA as one person quietly asked another who
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Bluegrass Today Awards Poll 2006
Just as we did last year, Bluegrass Today is hosting an online poll that mirrors the final IBMA Awards ballot. Visitors to our site can cast their vote for any of the nominees, and see how their choices stack up
