Edgar Meyer News

Chamber Music Northwest has just announced its 2008-09 Encore season, which brings Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile together again, plus a farewell concert by the Guarneri String Quartet.

Chamber Music Northwest has just announced its 2008-09 Encore season, which brings Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile together again, plus a farewell concert by the Guarneri String Quartet.

Seattle Symphony has announced what executive director Thomas Philion calls "not your parent's Pops series." The 2008-09 schedule: Oct.

"To hell you ride." That they say, or someone said, is the origin of Telluride's name; and quite a ride it truly was.

TELLURIDE, Colo. -- It's no wonder Sam Bush is considered the King of Telluride.

The Bluegrass All-Stars: Nashvillian Sam Bush announced that banjo player Bela Fleck has created a new form of music that combines polka and bluegrass.

“I never really listened to bluegrass until I found your music.”

Chris Thile will be the savior of bluegrass. That's how this article might have started five years ago, when Nickel Creek performed at UVA's Springfest. via The Hook

“Your ears are the only ears that you have any hope of totally satisfying”

Mandolinist found the punch he needed after Nickel Creek By Wayne Bledsoe Friday, May 16, 2008 Chris Thile knows his bluegrass, but Bartok, Debussy and Radiohead are among the influences on his new music. via Knoxville News Sentinel

“I can't imagine them sticking their endpins into the dirt.”

O'Connor: "It's an interesting time to have someone like me so into American music with our standing in the world right now." PUBLICITY PHOTO Some 20 years after he started making records, fiddle player Mark ... via The Hook

San Francisco Performances' 2008-09 season will offer this distinguished presenter's usual cornucopia of recitals and chamber music, contemporary dance and jazz, with superstars and newcomers performing core ... via San Jose Mercury News

San Francisco Performances today announced its 2008-09 season, which opens Sept. via San Francisco Examiner

“We're only as good as our current moment, but we have a loyal audience, and I believe we'll continue to grow our audience”

Radio station KFUO is celebrating its 60th birthday this year, its diamond jubilee as St. via STLtoday

“I usually do a first half of classical transcriptions and a second half of music that I've written”

From Bach to bluegrass, Edgar Meyer is the boss of the double bass. The three-time Grammy winner might be a modern-day Giovanni Bottesini. via Columbus Dispatch

Some years ago, the phenomenal bassist Edgar Meyer interrupted an interview to go an rhapsodic digression about a young composer and mandolin player who could deliver Bach better than anyone he had ever heard, ... via Alex Ross

The Guarneri and Takacs string quartets, double bassist Edgar Meyer, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the American vocal ensemble Pomerium will highlight the University of Chicago Presents concert series ... via Chicago Tribune

Announcement : 36th RockyGrass Single-Day Lineup Announced BluegrassBrian wrote: on Mar. via Cybergrass

“The Devil, You + Me": "Good Lies”

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Ani DiFranco, the Frames, Arlo Guthrie, the Swell Season, Bela Fleck, the Del McCoury Band and Solomon Burke lead the lineup for the 35th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, to be ... via Billboard

Bluegrass star ALISON KRAUSS is recovering from an undisclosed illness which prompted her to cancel a prestigious date at New York's Carnegie Hall last week . via PR-inside.com

In the performance of George Balanchine's Gershwin suite 'Who Cares?' on Friday at UCLA's Freud Playhouse, you could see Melissa Barak dance the solo to 'I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise' with her usual ... via Los Angeles Times

Alison Krauss canceled a Thursday night appearance with vocalist Bobby McFerrin and bassist Edgar Meyer at New York's Carnegie Hall because of an undisclosed illness, according to a spokesperson for the venue. via CMT.com