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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Bluegrass Music News--4.4.12

 
Charleston Bluegrass Festival
Charleston Post Courier
Others, such as the annual Lowcountry Blues Bash, focus on one particular style of music. All of these events have been organized by groups of people who are passionate about the types of music presented. Friday and Saturday, it is bluegrass music's ...
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Earl Scruggs Dies in Nashville at Age 88
KGOSKERM
Earl Scruggs, the most influential banjo player in the history of bluegrass music, died Wednesday morning (March 28) at a Nashville hospital at age 88. Through the medium of television in the 1960s, Scruggs and his musical collaborator, Lester Flatt, ...
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News: Profits from Loudoun Bluegrass Festival to Provide Scholarships for ...
VivaLoudoun (blog)
Leesburg (April 4, 2012) - On May 12, 2012 the third annual Loudoun Bluegrass Festival will come to the Loudoun County 4H Fairgrounds, just outside Leesburg, VA, featuring great music, BBQ, open jam sessions, kids' shows, workshops, ...
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Earl Scruggs, banjo legend who was half of Flatt & Scruggs, dies at 88
Mcalester News Capital
By Randy Lewis MCT LOS ANGELES — Bill Monroe, the man widely acknowledged as the father of bluegrass music, was in search of a new banjo player for his famed Blue Grass Boys when a young musician turned up backstage at Nashville's celebrated Ryman ...
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Famed 'fiddler' pulls strings for music education
KTBS
He's played with rock groups, blues bands, symphony orchestras and bluegrass artists, jumping from genre to genre with assurance and joy. Now he wants to add "educator" to his list of activities. His "O'Connor Method" of string playing builds on his ...
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Public Radio Music Month Spotlights Invaluable Role Of Public Media For ...
Music Indistry News Network
Audiences look to public radio stations every day for interviews and performances, introductions to new artists and a trusted ear and knowledge about genres such as blues, jazz, classical, bluegrass and indie rock. In this nationwide initiative, ...
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Special Consensus closes White Gull season
Green Bay Press Gazette
He is a 2011 recipient of the International Bluegrass Musicians Association Distinguished Achievement Award. Other band members are Rick Faris, who plays mandolin and sings lead, baritone, tenor and high baritone vocals; David Thomas, bass and lead, ...
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PREVIEW: Yonder Mountain String Band at Stubb's BBQ
The Horn
If you're looking to see some great music this Friday night and still be outdoors to enjoy the amazing spring weather Stubb's BBQ is the perfect place. Simply put, Yonder Mountain String Band is bluegrass taken 'to eleven.' However, to generalize them ...
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'A form of bluegrass that the Traditionalists abhor but the rest of us cannot ...
Commons
No, Bellows Falls music promoters are not hoping for a lapse in railroad safety. What they are hoping for is to introduce Bow Thayer to Windham County on April 5. "Bow is a pretty big deal up north and in Boston," said Vermont Festivals' Producer Ray ...
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United States Navy Band – Country Current ... - Bluegrass Unlimited
There is a great variety of music here, with some material from several of ... country and could draw in folks who aren't hip to how great bluegrass music can be.
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