Devin Jones wins Fletcher Bright scholarship at Berklee
Devin Jones, a first year guitar student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, has been awarded a Fletcher Bright Endowed Scholarship to help pay for his ongoing studies. Fiddler Ruth Shumway was also chosen to receive this scholarship. Both were given out at the recent 2024 String Awards on April 8 at Berklee […]
IBMA Foundation launches Fletcher Bright Memorial Grant
The IBMA Foundation is really on a roll this year, bringing new ways to support young bluegrass artists to the fore on what seems like a monthly basis. The Foundation is the charitable and educational arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, bundling gifts from donors of all types into enduring scholarship programs and grants [...] Fletcher Bright passes
Fletcher Bright at Bluegrass on the Grass 2015 - photos by Frank Baker Fletcher Bright, noted bluegrass fiddler, businessman, and philanthropist, died early Christmas morning. He was 86 years of age. He was a beloved and well-known figure in all three spheres, and within his family and large circle of friends. As a musician, Fletcher [...] Julian Pinelli wins 2016 Fletcher Bright Award at Berklee
The American Roots Music Program at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA has announced Julian Pinelli as the winner of the 2016 Fletcher Bright Award. The award has been given since 2008 to an outstanding young Berklee student in the strings program, which covers the cost of a semester's tuition, and is funded [...] Bluegrass On The Grass 2015
Thankfully, Frank Baker was in attendance this year for the 2015 Bluegrass on the Grass Festival in Carlisle, PA. This was the 20th Anniversary of this free festival held on the campus of Dickinson College. He sent along these images from the July 11 event. Well-deserved honor for Fletcher Bright
Most musicians have strong memories about the turning points in their careers, and that’s certainly true for octogenarian Fletcher Bright, who says his came in the late 1980s after he’d been performing professionally for more than 40 years with his band, the Dismembered Tennesseans. It came when his son George convinced Bright to attend Byron [...] Bluegrass on the Grass 2014
Frank Baker has shared this gallery of photos he took at Bluegrass on the Grass, held on the campus of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania this past weekend. Artist2Artist – Bill Evans: It’s Not You. It’s Them.
Bill Evans and I met up one morning at this year’s Folk Alliance in Kansas City, Missouri. He had just finished teaching beginner banjo to a handful of workshop attendees. Folk Alliance has added a free, and might I add, robust lineup of instrumental workshops to their conference. As we strolled from the convention center, through the twists [...] Free downloads from Playing On The Planet
Playing on the Planet is a band that writes and plays an odd mix of music: groove grass, jam grass, hippie grass, Americana. Or as they call it, "cosmic rockin' boogie grass." As true peace-and-love residents of the planet, they are sharing the wealth by offering free downloads of all the tracks on their new [...] Hey, Fletcher Bright… What’s in your case?
Here is a new moon report from Lisa Jacobi, with another of her "What's in your case?" video episodes. This time it's with her friend, and fiddle wizard, Fletcher Bright. As Lisa tells us, "He hangs the moon" for her. What is with this girl and the lunar planetoid? [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="56612"] 