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11 hrs ago | Stevens Point Journal

Bluegrass show to benefit skate park

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.

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Related Topix: Bluegrass, The Stanley Brothers

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Ventura County Star

King Wilkie to drop their brand of bluegrass on Santa Barbara stop

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

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Related Topix: Santa Barbara Metro, Santa Barbara, CA, Bluegrass, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Country, Cool, CA

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Cybergrass

International Bluegrass Music Museum to Host Blue Grass Boys Reunion

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.

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Related Topix: Bluegrass

Fri Nov 20, 2009

HendersonvilleNews.com

Music, art on tap at Wine Cellar

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.

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Related Topix: Saluda, NC, Bluegrass, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Earl Scruggs, The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Show with David Letterman

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Georgia Straight

The Tony Wilson Sextet

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 .

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Related Topix: Bluegrass

Houstonpress.com

Lonesome Onry and Mean: The Sickest, Most Twisted Musical Genre Isn't Gangsta Rap - It's Bluegrass

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.

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Related Topix: The Stanley Brothers, Bluegrass, Flatt & Scruggs

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Cybergrass

Signature Sounds Signs Joy Kills Sorrow - February Release Planned

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

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Related Topix: Bluegrass

Fri Nov 13, 2009

News-Topic

Fiddling with Flatt and Scruggs and Bill Monroe

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.

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Related Topix: Flatt & Scruggs, Bluegrass, Wilkes County, NC

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Alabama Live

Alabama Pecan Festival offers bluegrass tribute, more

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

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Food Festival, Bluegrass, Mobile County, AL, Baldwin County, AL

Thu Nov 05, 2009

NPR

Transcript

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

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Related Topix: Loudon Wainwright III, Folk, Bluegrass

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Bluegrass Blog

A promise fulfilled

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

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Related Topix: Rosine, KY, US Military, US Navy, Bluegrass, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Lothian County, Scotland,

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Daily Citizen

At home in Kentucky with Bill Monroe

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

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Bluegrass, Rosine, KY, Pop/Rock, The Monroes

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Orlando Sentinel

Bluegrass in Cassia -- Picking under the pines

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

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Related Topix: Bluegrass, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, Earl Scruggs, Kissimmee, FL, Deland, FL, Eustis, FL, Travel

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Illinois Entertainer

Hello, My Name Is David

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

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Related Topix: David Grisman, Bluegrass, The Stanley Brothers, The Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Reno & Smiley

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Galax Gazette

Master of Ceremonies

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.

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Related Topix: Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Country, Kitty Wells, Bluegrass, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, Earl Scruggs

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Cybergrass

The Student Loan Mix It Up Bluegrass Style

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

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Related Topix: Bowling Green, OH, Green, OH, Thelonious Monk, Jazz, Bluegrass

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Cybergrass

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Albums Part of Legacy Reissues

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.

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Related Topix: Bluegrass, Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, Earl Scruggs, Flatt & Scruggs

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Nashville Scene

Sam Bush at Loveless Cafe

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.

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Related Topix: Bluegrass, Sam Bush

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Pacifica Riptide

Bluegrass: High Country @ Owen Hall, Oct. 17

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

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Related Topix: Pacifica, CA, Bluegrass, Flatt & Scruggs

Mon Oct 12, 2009

National Public Radio

An Irrepressible Tribute To Charlie Poole

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.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Bluegrass

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