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Curly Seckler will be inducted into the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame, during the 37th annual Uncle Pen Days Festival, which takes place from Wednesday (9/21) through to Saturday (9/24) at the Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park, Bean Blossom, Indiana. The induction will take place on Saturday. Seckler’s manager Penny Parsons shared this note [...]
Here's another video from last week's Bean Blossom festival in Indiana, shot by the good folks at Rural Rhythm Records. They had a crew on hand documenting the live audio recording for an upcoming Bill Monroe Tribute project, due later this year. This time it's Lonesome River Band, performing Record Time Machine from their Still [...]
As many will know, this past week Dwight Dillman has been presenting the 45th Annual Bill Monroe Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival at the Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park and Campground in Brown County, Indiana. On Thursday (6/16) the Indiana public media TV station WTIU posted two videos from The Weekly Special show series, each [...]
Rural Rhythm Records has released a pair of videos shot during the 2011 Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival in Bean Blossom, IN where they are recording a new live album. The project will be a Bill Monroe tribute featuring a number of Rural Rhythm artists. Here's Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out performing If [...]
Last week we announced the publication of the book Bean Blossom - The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals, Tom Adler‘s history of the music park. Adler was understandably proud and relieved to see the finished product .... but the photograph (left) betrays his considerable glee as well. On May 26 Adler spoke [...]
The following is an announcement from the Bean Blossom Jamboree Foundation, and is being distributed during this week's 45th Annual Bill Monroe Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival. Dear Friends, Donors, and Supporters of the Bean Blossom Jamboree Foundation: We first set out a little over three years ago to establish a non-profit organization that could [...]
Tom Adler, former executive director of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, and a noted bluegrass folklorist and radio host, has released a book timed to honor this year's celebration of Bill Monroe's centennial. Bean Blossom - The Brown County Jamboree and Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Festivals details the history of what is widely regarded as the [...]
“Bean Blossom, Indiana — near Brown County State Park and the artist-colony town of Nashville, Indiana — is home to the annual Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, founded in 1967 by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. Widely recognized as the oldest continuously running bluegrass music festival in the world, this June festival's roots run back [...]
From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information will include births and deaths; recording sessions; single, LP and CD release dates; and other [...]
The Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park & Campground is up for sale once more, and the Bean Blossom Jamboree Foundation is on a mission to purchase the property, as a means of preserving the historic festival. Those who are interested can contribute directly from the foundation's website. Another way you can help is to vote [...]
