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Bobby Osborne will be the subject of a 2-part interview on BlueHighways TV. It will appear on the Behind The Dream program, hosted by Mike Scott, with part 1 airing tonight (11/29) at 8:30 p.m. (EST) on cable networks that carry the feed. The discussion, conducted between Osborne and Glen Duncan, centers around Bobby's 60th [...]
Another exciting development this week is the formation of a super all-star special project band, billing as Masters of Bluegrass. It includes Del McCoury on guitar, Bobby Osborne on mandolin, J.D. Crowe on banjo, Bobby Hicks on fiddle, and Jerry McCoury on bass - legends each and all. They performed a week ago during the [...]
“If they can do it, why can’t we?” In the new film, The Porchlight Sessions, Bobby Osborne uses this quote to describe the attitude it took to make his and Sonny’s dream of playing on the Grand Ole Opry a reality. This “can-do” spirit, which helped Bobby realize his dream, is what allowed Anna Schwaber [...]
Wouldn't it be fun to sit down with a few first or second generation bluegrass artists, and listen to their stories of the old days? I've been fortunate to have a few opportunities to do so, and I never miss a chance. For many of us, especially young fans and students of the music, these legends [...]
With this mega-gallery, we conclude Frank Baker's superb photo journalism at the August 2012 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Thanks Frank!
This past weekend, the small town of Hyden, Kentucky was filled with bluegrass fans from around the country for the 19th Annual Osborne Brothers Hometown Festival. The festival, which is coordinated by Dean Osborne, the director of the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music, featured both local and national acts over three days. With [...]
After 62 years of traveling the bluegrass road – spanning all but a few years of the music’s rich history – Bobby Osborne could be forgiven if all he wanted to do was sit on the front porch of a cozy cabin in Kentucky and relax. Why not? There isn’t much he hasn’t done. With [...]
Radio legend and WAMU's Bluegrass Country host Tom "Cat" Reeder will be memorialized twice on the air today. At noon on Bluegrass Country, and again at 9:00 p.m. (EDT) on WAMU FM, the station will air Bye Bye Darling, a tribute to Reeder who passed away over the weekend at 78 years old. "Bye Bye [...]
Bobby Osborne has signed with Moonstruck Management for exclusive artist management and booking for his shows with Rocky Top X-Press. Moonstruck is a joint venture between Josh Trivett and Peter Keiser, a boutique firm that also represents Doyle Lawson, Don Rigsby, Lonesome River Band, and IIIrd Tyme Out. Trivett said that he was overjoyed to bring [...]
Bobby Osborne has released a second video in his On The Air series, in which he recalls some of the highlights of his remarkable life in the music business. Here we pick up where he left off in part one last month, talking about how the song Rocky Top changed the trajectory of The Osborne Brothers' [...]
