A version of this article has appeared on the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation web site. Bobby Osborne, a veteran bluegrass musician and Grammy-nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry, has been honored with the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation’s Bluegrass Star Award. It was presented on Saturday, October 20, 2018 during the Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival at the Omni [...]
Last week in Hyden, KY, Hazard Community and Technical College held the second of hopefully many editions of the Bobby Osborne Mandolin Roundup. Host and organizer Scott Napier of Lost and Found and The Price Sisters shared this overview of how things went. The Mandolin Roundup Is a one-day mandolin camp held at the Kentucky School [...]
Last week during the semester-end concert at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music, Bobby Osborne appeared with staff instructor Scott Napier and student Lauren Price presented a triple mandolin version of Jingle Bells, done bluegrass style. The school is located on the campus of Hazard Community and Technical College in Hyden, KY. The Fall and [...]
There aren’t many artists in their eighties releasing albums these days, even in bluegrass, where both fans and musicians often trend a little older than most music genres. There are even fewer artists in their eighties who get enough airplay from an album to make chart appearances, or enough support to maintain a regular touring [...]
Bluegrass music icon Bobby Osborne proves he’s not down for the count with his new CD, Original. “I really thought I was never going to get to record anymore,” the 85-year-old legend told Bluegrass Today. “I tried three or four of these small labels, and there was none of them interested in me. I thought, [...]
Bobby Osborne, Lauren Price, and Scott Napier playing triple mandolins. Folks in the bluegrass world have certainly noticed the “Tremolo Tuesday” video segments that have been appearing on social media since March 2016. According to Scott Napier, the regular performances that feature triple mandolins played by Lauren Price, Bobby Osborne, and himself weren’t planned at [...]
Bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne and Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers will participate in a special presentation next Tuesday at the Miami University Regionals in Hamilton, OH. It is jointly sponsored by the University's Appalachian Studies program and The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County as part of the Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass Music Heritage [...]
Long before the Bee Gees dreamed of disco music, they were a popular British pop band who released a number of very successful songs on the US and English charts. One of those was Gotta Get A Message To You, a big hit for the band in 1968. Their version was a somber ballad, telling [...]
It's not every day that show tunes get a bluegrass reading, especially from music royalty like Bobby Osborne. But this is a special day, and we're honored to present the track premiere of Bobby's version of They Call The Wind Maria from his upcoming Compass Records album, Original. Compass has brought together some of the [...]
At a time when most artists are slowing down a bit, bluegrass balladeer Bobby Osborne is still out there working and trying new things. Now 84 years old, Osborne has announced that he has started a crowd funding campaign with PledgeMusic to allows all his many fans, friends, and students to be a part of [...]
A version of this article has appeared on the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation web site. Bobby Osborne, a veteran bluegrass musician and Grammy-nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry, has been honored with the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation’s Bluegrass Star Award. It was presented on Saturday, October 20, 2018 during the Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival at the Omni [...] 
Last week in Hyden, KY, Hazard Community and Technical College held the second of hopefully many editions of the Bobby Osborne Mandolin Roundup. Host and organizer Scott Napier of Lost and Found and The Price Sisters shared this overview of how things went. The Mandolin Roundup Is a one-day mandolin camp held at the Kentucky School [...] 
Last week during the semester-end concert at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music, Bobby Osborne appeared with staff instructor Scott Napier and student Lauren Price presented a triple mandolin version of Jingle Bells, done bluegrass style. The school is located on the campus of Hazard Community and Technical College in Hyden, KY. The Fall and [...] 
There aren’t many artists in their eighties releasing albums these days, even in bluegrass, where both fans and musicians often trend a little older than most music genres. There are even fewer artists in their eighties who get enough airplay from an album to make chart appearances, or enough support to maintain a regular touring [...] 
Bluegrass music icon Bobby Osborne proves he’s not down for the count with his new CD, Original. “I really thought I was never going to get to record anymore,” the 85-year-old legend told Bluegrass Today. “I tried three or four of these small labels, and there was none of them interested in me. I thought, [...] 
Bobby Osborne, Lauren Price, and Scott Napier playing triple mandolins. Folks in the bluegrass world have certainly noticed the “Tremolo Tuesday” video segments that have been appearing on social media since March 2016. According to Scott Napier, the regular performances that feature triple mandolins played by Lauren Price, Bobby Osborne, and himself weren’t planned at [...] 
Bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne and Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers will participate in a special presentation next Tuesday at the Miami University Regionals in Hamilton, OH. It is jointly sponsored by the University's Appalachian Studies program and The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County as part of the Southwestern Ohio Bluegrass Music Heritage [...] 
Long before the Bee Gees dreamed of disco music, they were a popular British pop band who released a number of very successful songs on the US and English charts. One of those was Gotta Get A Message To You, a big hit for the band in 1968. Their version was a somber ballad, telling [...] 
At a time when most artists are slowing down a bit, bluegrass balladeer Bobby Osborne is still out there working and trying new things. Now 84 years old, Osborne has announced that he has started a crowd funding campaign with PledgeMusic to allows all his many fans, friends, and students to be a part of [...] 