Bill Monroe News

Central Wisconsin bluegrass band Art Stevenson & High Water will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at Theater @1800 . Since 1993, High Water has been one of the Midwest's most popular and sought-after bluegrass acts.

Three members of King Wilkie are coming to California. Shown are, from left, band members Dennis Lichtman, Reid Burgess, Steve Lewis and Jay Foote.

BMNN wrote: on Nov. 21, 2009: Owensboro, KY -- The International Bluegrass Music Museum will host a gathering of all living Blue Grass Boys who played with Bill Monroe as part of the Pioneers of Bluegrass Reunion held during its River of Music Party in June.

This Blue Ridge Mountain band's members have some big-name credentials. The Lonesome Road Band, recently featured on "Your Carolina Morning Show" on CBS, plays at the Wine Cellar, beneath the historic Saluda Inn, on Saturday night.

The People Look Like Flowers at Last If the lonesome harmonica prelude doesn't give it away, the incandescent guitar solo that follows surely will: the first nine tracks of Tony Wilson's new CD do not add up to a straightforward reading of Benjamin Britten's Lachrymae .

Not really sure whether it's our alcohol mixture, some pharmacological imbalance our sex life or just male menopausal phenomena, but lately Lonesome, Onry and Mean has been on an evil bluegrass jag.

From the Labels : Signature Sounds Signs Joy Kills Sorrow - February Release Planned BMNN wrote: on Nov.

This last October, Jim Shumate of Hickory turned 88. The accomplished fiddler, who played with Bill Monroe as well as Flatt and Scruggs, performed with the Bluegrass Festival in Wilkes County this past May.

Tennessee-based bluegrass group Shadow Ridge will perform Saturday at the Alabama Pecan Festival as part of a tribute to bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe.

November 4, 2009 - Finally this hour, reclaiming the legacy of an old-time musician.

The following is an account from Wayne Taylor, describing his tour this past September in England and Scotland with his group, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa .

I regretted not having "Blue Moon of Kentucky" as the soundtrack of my latest journey.

Bluegrass pickers have been making music at the Cassia Community Center for almost two decades.

IE: Is there still passionate debate about what does and doesn't constitute bluegrass ? David Grisman : I imagine so, in some circles at least.

When local DJ and emcee Harold Mitchell was bedridden with rheumatic fever at six years old, the radio kept him company as he listened to the legends on the Grand Ole Opry.

BMNN wrote: on Oct. 19, 2009: The Student Loan is an eclectic four-piece bluegrass/newgrass band originally from Bowling Green, Ohio.

Legacy Recordings, the world's foremost catalog music label, is continuing its on-going digital reissue initiative with a round of classic album titles, from a variety of genres, to be released for the first time in the online digital realm this fall.

Bush is celebrating the release of Circles Around Me , an album that makes a compelling case for his recent Lifetime Achievement award from the Americana Music Association.

Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m., Mildred Owen Concert Hall, 1220 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica, in the building with the colorful mural.

Charlie Poole at his home in Spray, N.C., in 1925. October 12, 2009 - In 1925, North Carolina singer and banjoist Charlie Poole's "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues" sold 102,000 copies, an amazing figure for a so-called hillbilly artist.