Old Time Music News--4.3.12

Music From the Hill: Johnny Foodstamp's Old-Time music from the future Bowling Green Daily News What attracted you to old time music and ragtime? Mainly, my love of the ukulele. The 20s-30s were a hot time for the ukulele and a lot of the best uke music comes from that era. For those of us who may not know, tell us about the banjo uke? See all stories on this topic »

Chesney, McGraw's 'Rock Star' Headed for Historic Country Songs Debut Billboard All but three songs in the current chart's top 25 boast double-digit chart weeks, with 10 each more than 20 weeks old. Should "Rock Star" maintain its post-ACM momentum, it could challenge for just the second No. 1 bow since Country Songs adopted BDS ... See all stories on this topic » Billboard

HoustonFest Signs Ricky Skaggs as Festival Headliner Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News HoustonFest has signed 14 time GRAMMY® Award-winner Ricky Skaggs. Over the course of his 40 year career, Ricky Skaggs has won 14 Grammy Awards, 8 CMA Awards, 8 ACM Awards, 11 IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Awards, 2 Dove Awards and ... See all stories on this topic » Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News

Thomas Dolby - The Time Capsule Tour Technorati As one of the most recognizable stars of the 80's pop music scene, Thomas Dolby also made great strides as a music innovator and now, 30 years later, he is still proving his ability to create amazing, ground-breaking musical fusions. See all stories on this topic » Technorati

Video: Talking 'Cypress X Rusko' ESPN By Dave Wilson | ESPN Music First, frontmen B-Real and Sen Dog were joined by Rusko, a 27-year-old English dubstep DJ and Cypress Hill collaborator. Second, they were being interviewed by Lakers forward Metta World Peace at the Lakers practice gym. See all stories on this topic »

Music chosen by the time The Day Weekly Digest "We have recently released Every Place Has Its Customs and Rights, an album created by Nina Matviienko and the Kostiantyn Chechenia Old Music Ensemble. This is not the first joint work of the outstanding singer and these unique musicians. See all stories on this topic »

Album review: Dr. John's 'Locked Down' Los Angeles Times As Bob Dylan did with "Time Out of Mind" and Tom Waits did last year with "Bad as Me," Dr. John does here: exiting a period of relative creative stagnation by creating something magical, the embodiment of everything he's done but pushed in a clear new ... See all stories on this topic »

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Kansas City Old Time Music: "Are you a music person?" A blog about Old Time music in Missouri,Arkansas,and Kansas. ... Favorite Old Time Musicians. Alita Stoneking; Art Galbraith; Ashley Hull; Audrey Handle; Banjo ... kansasoldtimemusic.blogspot.com/.../are-you-music-person.ht...

New England & New York Old Time Music Events | wedding band ... DATES OF ANNUAL LOCAL OLD TIME EVENTS John Putnam Fiddlers Reunion: Greenfield, Ma. Sept. 22,2012, noon to dusk, Greenfield Energy Park LINK ... www.goodtimestringband.com/new-england-new-york-old-ti...

By the time we got to ______ - Bluegrass folk music | Ask MetaFilter My wife and I would like to hit some fun music festivals this summer and fall, ... Old-time musicians also love Clifftop, officially called the Appalachian String Band ... ask.metafilter.com/211961/By-the-time-we-got-to