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Last night (2/8) saw the 2010 awards from the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) handed out in Nashville. Unfortunately, the awards show was in competition with the Super Bowl broadcast, and a large political event in town, both of which sucked up all the media coverage that might have gone [.....]
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Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for their impressive Super Bowl victory. I know that their are plenty of Who Datz in the bluegrass nation, and I’m sure they are savoring the moment.
Once again, the commercials between game segments were a big focus of the evening’s entertainment and it appears that the breakaway winner this [.....]
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World Wide Bluegrass, in conjunction with Bluegrass Music Profiles, has announced the imminent debut of a new monthly radio show online.
Top 30 Hot Singles Countdown will be heard for the first time tomorrow, February 9 at 6:00 p.m. (EST). It will be hosted by Uncle Billy Dunbar on the 9th, with a different DJ counting [.....]
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Big Country Bluegrass debuted their new song, The Boys In Hats and Ties, at the Good Home Grown Music booth at the SPGBMA Convention yesterday (2/6). The song will be featured as the #1 cut for their upcoming album, Back In Time, on the Mountain Roads Recordings label. It is scheduled for release in June.
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Make that Bluegrass in Parade.
Today’s (2/7) edition of Parade magazine, distributed to millions of subscribers to popular American newspapers, has a piece about a small restaurant in Montana where bluegrass music is as big a part of the draw as the tasty food they serve.
The article by Ed Kemmick of the Billings Gazette begins thusly:
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Cindy Baucom captured a couple of interviews recently for Knee Deep In Bluegrass at the Bluegrass All-Star Jam in Stillwater, OK. She spoke with both Michael Cleveland and Marshall Wilborn of Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, and both will be part of her two hour syndicated radio program this next two weeks.
Michael will be on this [.....]
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Aaron Ramsey, the newest, youngest and most deep-voiced member of Mountain Heart, is finishing up his second solo CD. His debut, self-titled album was released in 2006 when Aaron was 20 years old, and current plans are to have the new project out by July, 2010.
Ramsey will be handling the mandolin and much of the [.....]
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Doyle Lawson has always been known as a snappy dresser. Some of his sparkly suits would have given Porter Wagoner pause.
Now comes word that he has entered into a partnership with CABOOTS, a Texas-based company that specializes in handmade boots and western clothing. Lawson will wear and endorse their boots, and a Doyle Lawson signature [.....]
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Music has always been an integral part of Disney movies. So much so, that one of the annual youth events hosted at Walt Disney World is Disney Magic Music Days, which is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. One part of the celebration is raising money for the music education programs of the GRAMMY Foundation. [.....]
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The Statler Brothers joined Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent yesterday (2/3) at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville to celebrate the release of Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers. Dailey & Vincent offered a live performance of the material in the Museum’s Ford Theater, and then everyone moved upstairs to [.....]
WAMU’s Bluegrass Country’s signal reaches ’round the world and now so do our eyes and ears. 2010 will be the year of “special correspondents” — people who will blog and cover events far and wide on behalf of BluegrassCountry.org!
