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As promised, here are more of Frank Baker's photos from last weekend's Loudoun Bluegrass Festival. This batch captures the competition, the barn dance and the overall Loudoun vibe. This weekend, Frank will be snagging images at Gettysburg. Look for those next week. Band Contest Winners Banana Express The Woodpickers Annie and Mac Banjo Contest Winners [...]
Lynn Morris, a national champion banjo player and award-winning vocalist, is this year’s winner of the Washington Monument Award, presented by the D.C. Bluegrass Union. Lynn is best known as the leader of the Lynn Morris Band and as a first-rate vocalist. She was once voted IBMA’s female vocalist of the year and was named [...]
This remembrance of a prominent figure in the Dutch bluegrass community is a contribution from Pieter Groenveld. Bé Holdtman: 1943 – 2012 I’m very sorry to report that one of the most productive bluegrass concert organizers in Holland, Bé Holdtman passed away on December 8, after a battle with cancer. Bé was a government worker for [...]
We are fortunate that Richard F. Thompson has agreed to continue his look at the history of bluegrass with an ongoing series of occasional pieces entitled, On This Day. On this day in 1948 ..... Lynn Morris was born. A music lover from an early age, Lynn Morris grew up in the little rural west [...]
Yesterday, Lynn Morris demonstrated the indomitable nature of the human spirit when she returned to the stage after an eight year absence at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, VA. Just as she was enjoying her greatest success as s singer, recording artist and bandleader, Lynn suffered a devastating stroke in 2003 three days [...]
Wonderful news - Lynn Morris will perform at the 2011 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival this Spring! A very special, one-time reunion of The Lynn Morris Band has been arranged for Sunday, May 1, the final day of the festival. She will be joined on stage by her husband Marshall Wilborn on bass, Tom Adams on [...]
This afternoon, I had a lovely chat with Lynn Morris and Marshall Wilborn. Longtime bluegrass fans are well familiar with Lynn's many years as a performer, bandleader and friend to our music, and we all felt a great loss when she suffered a stroke in Match of 2003, keeping her off the road and out [...]
This afternoon, I had a lovely chat with Lynn Morris and Marshall Wilborn. Longtime bluegrass fans are well familiar with Lynn's many years as a performer, bandleader and friend to our music, and we all felt a great loss when she suffered a stroke in Match of 2003, keeping her off the road and out [...]
The Lynn Morris Band website has some photos of Lynn at last month's SPBGMA Convention in Nashville, where she both performed with the band and accepted the 2006 Grand Masters Gold Award. This award is given to artists who have won any award from SPBGMA ten times, and Lynn has been their Female Vocalist Of [...]
