March 9th, 2010
The DC Bluegrass Union is a strong and growing organization dedicated to promoting bluegrass music in the Washington, DC area, which includes the heavily populated Northern Virginia and Southern Maryland regions. They are hosting their first festival on March 27 at Langley High School in McLean, VA.They hope to see this festival become a larger, annual event that will help restore the prominence that The District and its environs once enjoyed in bluegrass lore. After all, it was from this area that Bluegrass Unlimited, The Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene and The Johnson Mountain Boys emerged. Not to mention bluegrass radio on WAMU, which has grown now into the 24/7 online station, Bluegrass Country.
via The Bluegrass Blog » Bill Emerson to get Washington Monument Award: News at the speed of bluegrass!.
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March 9th, 2010
n Mar. 09, 2010:Dr Pete Wernick “Dr. Banjo” has announced that due to a Hot Rize schedule change, his Owensboro, KY, Bluegrass Jam Camp is able to add a third day, and will now run Monday-Wednesday plus two hours Thursday the week of the ROMP festival in Owensboro. This rounds out his slate of five camps this spring and summer across the U.S.
via Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News: Pete Wernick’s Kentucky Bluegrass Jam Camp Extended June 21-24.
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March 9th, 2010
Curly Seckler
BMNN wrote: on Mar. 09, 2010:
Bluegrass legend Curly Seckler began his musical career in 1935, over WSTP radio in Salisbury, NC. He went on to perform with a number of the top names in bluegrass music, including Charlie Monroe, Jim & Jesse, Mac Wiseman, The Stanley Brothers, and The Sauceman Brothers. In 1949 he joined Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs’ Foggy Mountain Boys, and remained with them for nearly a dozen years, recording over 130 songs with them. His distinctive, razor-sharp tenor harmonies grace many of their classic hits, setting the standard for countless bluegrass singers who have followed.
via Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News: Bluegrass Legend Curly Seckler Celebrates 75 Years in Music.
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March 9th, 2010
Pacific, Mo. — Mel Bay Publications, Inc. has announced the availability of Mandolin Picker's Guide to Bluegrass Improvisation, a new combination book and audio CD by Jesper Rübner-Petersen presented in both tablature and standard notation.Over the course of 200 pages, a series of exercises designed to help the player develop improvisational skills are presented in a fashion that can be combined with the instructor's individual philosophy or by a student wishing to study alone.
via Mandolin Publications – Mandolin Picker’s Guide to Bluegrass Improvisation.
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March 8th, 2010
Bluegrass music is traditionally played on acoustic instruments, which may include the banjo, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, Dobro and bass. For readers unfamiliar with this musical genre, bluegrass music is the sound produced with particular acoustic stringed instruments like the Mandolin and the Debro. To understand bluegrass music is to realize and appreciate its musical roots. Bluegrass is an original American music formed from a number of varied influences including the early Old Time ballads, fiddle tunes and string band music with its proven roots to the homeland musical heritage of the immigrants who pioneered America.
via The Mandolin Sounds in the Roots of Bluegrass.
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March 8th, 2010
How many of you know that we are fast approaching the 100th anniversary of Bill Monroe’s birthday? Many bluegrass communities are gearing up for the kick-off year of this celebration–which will begin Sept 13th this year. While we are discussing ways to mark the occasion, so is Ohio County, Kentucky – home of Rosine, Bill Monroe’s homeplace.
via Moonpies, RC, and Bluegrass? Anyone else thinking of Rosine, KY? – History Burgoo.
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March 7th, 2010
Classic Bluegrass, Vol. 2 $7.19Classic Bluegrass, Vol. 2 Share and Enjoy: Bluegrass, Classic, Vol. One Response to “Classic Bluegrass, Vol. 2” 1. Bomojaz says: March 7, 2010 at 3:42 pm More great bluegrass selections culled from the massive Smithsonian-Folkways catalog. Famous performers Doc Watson, Bill Monroe, The Country Gentlemen, not so famous performers The Georgia Pals, Half and Half, classic oldies THE GIRL BEHIND THE BAR, ROVING GAMBLER, FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP, newer originals CAROLINA IN THE PINES, MISS FERRIS are all included. Doc Watson sings and plays a beautiful rendition of SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD, David and Billy Rae Johnson perform a hypnotic BLUE GRASS BREAKDOWN, and Eric Weissberg does an instrumental version of JESSE JAMES – all major highlights here for me. Bluegrass fans will be ecstatic with this release the same can be said for Volume 1, and at this great price, it would be insane to pass it up. Highly recommended.
via Classic Bluegrass, Vol. 2 | Music World.
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March 7th, 2010
As a part of the Bluegrass series, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass will perform on March 12 at 8pm. A mainstay of the Emelin Bluegrass series since its inception over 25 years ago, Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass are known for playing powerful, unadorned and intense traditional bluegrass. Carrying on the tradition he helped establish with his late father, Bob, Danny continues to be one of the most powerful, emotional singers in bluegrass, and fronts an intense, driving, irresistibly rhythmic band. Tickets will be $37.www.emelin.org. The Box Office is located at The Emelin Theatre 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck, NY. You may also call at 914 698-0098.
via The Emelin Theatre Presents Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana 2010/03/07.
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