Bluegrass Music News--3.31.12

Remembering Earl Scruggs Voice of America March 30, 2012 Remembering Earl Scruggs Katherine Cole Earl Scruggs, whose distinctive style of bluegrass banjo picking influenced countless players and helped to shape the sound of modern country music, died in a Nashville hospital Wednesday, ... See all stories on this topic »

Bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs dies at 88 World Socialist Web Site By Hiram Lee Legendary Bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs died March 28 at the age of 88. Scruggs was an iconic banjo player who developed the three-finger rolling technique that became the defining sound of Bluegrass music. The recordings Scruggs made ... See all stories on this topic » World Socialist Web Site

Reviews of bluegrass music releases NOLA.com The band quickly won the International Bluegrass Music Association's emerging artist of the year award in 2005 and then took entertainer of the year honors in both 2006 and 2007. Their version of Harley Allen's "Me and John and Paul," a song about two ... See all stories on this topic »

Bluegrass players remembers first picking session with Earl Scruggs Shelby Star Jenks said even people who are not bluegrass lovers are amazed by Earl Scruggs' ability to create music from the banjo. "He was very well known but he was very underappreciated at the mastery he had over the instrument and they way he brought the five ... See all stories on this topic »

Travelin' that last mile to St. Peter's gate Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) American music — not country music, not bluegrass music, but American music — lost a giant this week in the passing of banjo great Earl Scruggs. His style was as authentic as North Carolina moonshine, and it packed just as much wallop. See all stories on this topic »

Everything You Need to Know About Earl Scruggs TIME By Stephanie Abrahams | March 30, 2012 | + Earl Scruggs, the bluegrass great, died on Wednesday at the age of 88. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly recognizable and as intrinsically wrapped in the ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

Lake County Festival of Reading wraps up with writing workshops, bluegrass music Orlando Sentinel Brandies, who has written 11 bestselling gardening and landscaping books, shared her expertise on Florida gardening during the talk. Today's events include a Bluegrass Festival, where, left, performers strike up a tune during an earlier festival. See all stories on this topic »

Earl Scruggs and the RB-250 Mastertone: the best there was or ever will be Bluefield Daily Telegraph Flatt and Scruggs left Monroe's band to form their own group and it may have been the top bluegrass ensemble of all time. Musicians who had filled in for bands when someone was hurt or injured often said that replacing a member of the Flatt & Scruggs ... See all stories on this topic »

Blogs

Bluegrass Review March 31-April 6, 2012 (second hour)#1114 ... By admin The Gem of Bluegrass feature spotlights the blues form, a major input to bluegrass music. In the second part of the show, its evolutions and devolutions. It can be hard to argue one side or the other sometimes. But its fun to listen to bluegrass ... BluegrassReview.com

Web

Bluegrass musicians forever changed by Earl Scruggs | ksl.com Legendary bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs passed away of natural causes Wednesday, but his fans say his music and his impact will forever live on. www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=19785414