Bluegrass Music News--4.25.12

Punch Brothers Talk About Music, the Lower East Side and Greg Maddux New York Times (blog) They are an all-star bluegrass band, five virtuosos led by Chris Thile, the mercurial mandolin player, but their songs smash the three-chord harmonies and blazing march rhythm of bluegrass. They write dramatic, labyrinthine pieces that straddle genres. See all stories on this topic »

Country music and bluegrass coming to Murphy Wilmington News Journal, OH Showtime is 7 pm The audience can expect an evening of traditional country music and bluegrass, Grand Ole Opry style. Returning to fairs, festivals, theaters and corporate events for another year is a power-packed "Clean Cut Country Show. See all stories on this topic »

STAGECOACH 2012: Your guide to the festival's artists Press-Enterprise A musical chameleon, Crow opened the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside after a $32 million renovation back in 2010. It will be interesting if she goes for a country slant on pop hits like "All I Wanna Do" and "Soak Up the Sun." Bluegrass legends ... See all stories on this topic » Press-Enterprise

Country Music Association Remembers Earl Scruggs Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News By Bob Doerschuk In all of American popular music, Earl Scruggs stands as one of the very few musicians who singularly changed performance practice on their instruments and in the process birthed an entirely new genre. Without him, bluegrass music as ... See all stories on this topic » Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News

Danville native to headline at Merlefest's 25th anniversary celebration WSLS Among those musicians who will attend this year's homecoming is Tony Rice, a native of Danville, and a resident of Wentworth, NC Rice is known as one of bluegrass' top instrumentalists and singers with a dedicated fan base all over the world. See all stories on this topic »

Band's 'porch music' coming to park The Tennessean The local Corbin family and others make up the Cross Creek Bluegrass Band, which play at Holland Park in downtown Dickson on Thursday. The fifth concert in the Music in the Park Series is Dickson's own Cross Creek Bluegrass Band. See all stories on this topic »

MUSIC PROFILE: The Vassar Brothers Rochester City Newspaper The group features amateur musicians, but is developing a large local following. PHOTO PROVIDED They might not all be related by blood, but the merry members of Rochester-based bluegrass-rock outfit the Vassar Brothers have formed quite the musical ... See all stories on this topic » Rochester City Newspaper

Traditional Tales, Authentic Sounds Bring Back Old Appalachia At Townsend ... The Chattanoogan On Friday, May 4, "The Sons of Bluegrass," a youngband of bluegrass musicians from the one-of-a-kind bluegrass music program at East Tennessee State University, will showcase its high-energy musical talent in a free concert at the Great Smoky Mountains ... See all stories on this topic »

Blogs

Bluegrass to English translations : Bluegrass Today By Chris Jones People that are new to bluegrass music sometimes need some help in translating our jargon. Hearing that someone is "tearing it up on the five" may sound like ordinary and recognizable information to us, but to the uninitiated, it's not ... Bluegrass Today

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