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Tickets cost $29.50. Click here . Compared to airbrushed, frosted-bang pretty boys like Rascal Flatts , Atlanta's Zac Brown Band looks like it came straight to Nashville from a bare-knuckled dustup with the Kentucky Headhunters.

Grammy winner Alison Brown is a Harvard graduate who left her career as an investment banker to pursue music.

FRIDAY Rhonda Vincent and the Rage This bluegrass beauty still draws the occasional comparison with Alison Krauss, but she's carved out her own identity, winning the International Bluegrass Music Association's female vocalist of the year a record seven times.

The event will start with a musical slice of Americana served up on banjo, fiddle and bass by a Dalton-based trio of civilians.

Raleigh American Revival Tour Stewart Theatre, NCSU Campus - A more apt title for the American Revival Tour would be the Women Kicking Ass Acoustically Tour.

Date: October 27, 2009 dispelled earlier this year , Robert Plant went on to win several 2009 Grammy Awards with bluegrass icon Alison Krauss.

The singer has suggested that his former band may follow in the footsteps of Britpop peers Blur by playing next year's festival Jarvis Cocker ... 'There'll be a band reunion' Photograph: Nils Jorgensen /Rex Features Jarvis Cocker has hinted that his former band Pulp may reunite to play Glastonbury 2010.

"Blue Collar Comedy" star Bill Engvall is slowly embracing the Internet age. But don't expect to read many zingers or one-liners on his Twitter account .

October 13, 2009 from WXPN - Sarah Siskind began writing music at age 11. Born to a family of bluegrass musicians, she'd been exposed since birth to both contemporary music and the classics.

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Alison Krauss knows about being honored - she holds the record for Grammy-gathering by a female artist and has a healthy share of CMA, ACM and IBMA Awards, too.

The river of American music twists and turns in new directions every day, but that river has another current that's deeper and never changes.

Published: Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 8:12 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 8:12 p.m. Allison Crowell, who was a 'Childress Idol' finalist last year, was named the 2009 winner Sunday afternoon at Childress Vineyards.

The actor-turned-musician released his first album of banjo tunes, The Crow: New Songs for the Five String Banjo, earlier this year , and the CD became a critical and commercial smash in America.

"This is one of the greatest thrills of my life, to be here on this show and visit with these great musicians," said the banjo-playing Martin, whose album The Crow was released earlier this year to critical acclaim that should allow him to unashamedly add "musician" to his resume, alongside actor, comedian, author and playwright.

Martin was up for six awards at the Thursday night show: instrumental recorded performance, recorded event , banjo player of the year, best liner notes and best graphic design for a recorded project.

Bluegrass fans will be delighted to know that mandolin picker Adam Steffey has released a new album, One More for the Road .

BMNN wrote: on Sep. 24, 2009: You may have heard Adam Steffey's mind-blowing mandolin chops before, as he's played with several bluegrass bands, notably Alison Krauss and Union Station, Mountain Heart, and most recently Dan Tyminski Band.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Lollapalooza 2009 Happy 60th birthday Bruce Springsteen . Lebowski Fest is underway.

Ken Burns' National Parks party in Central Park Wednesday - free show w/ Alison Krauss, Counting Crows & more On 9.23.09 , we invite you to New York City's Central Park, East Meadow for Feel Free , an event that celebrates and pays tribute to the National Parks.