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This band is the bomb! Do your self a favor and go download their album RIGHT NOW! They are blowing up. www.youtube.com itunes.apple.com
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...Function: Teaching classes in bluegrass history and theory; teaching individual instruction on instruments commonly used in bluegrass music; directing student performing groups; teaching performance and presentation skills; coaching and mentoring artistic...
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The Bluegrass Blog
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...bluegrass concert, one that honored the musical legacies of Bill Monroe, Del McCoury, Earl Scruggs and Who knew that bluegrass and standup would work so well together? Obviously, Martin had more than a sneaking suspicion. The star, who also performs tonight...
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The San Jose Mercury News
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http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_15356870?source=rss
This is SOTB's third death metal cover in bluegrass/folk style. This time, they made an awesome version of Amon Amarth's "Twilight Of The Thundergod". These guys are awesome, visit their website at www.sotb.se to listen to their other covers and to download their mp3 for free!
The Cleverlys play a bluegrass cover of I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry. The Cleverly Trio plays live at 12th and Porter in Nashville TN.
The Cleverlys sing the 80s hit, Walk Like an Eqyptian, a bluegrass cover by The Bangles. The Cleverly Trio is a bluegrass group with five members. This song was filmed at Cleverlyfest, an annual bluegrass festival/ family reunion.
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...Academy in Lyons. (Denver Post | Glenn Asakawa) Bluegrass visionary Craig Ferguson co-founded the Lyons-based company Planet Bluegrass and directs the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Rocky- Grass and the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival. He recently joined the...
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Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12754970?source=rss
The Documentary Channel presents "The Last One." The famous Moonshiner makes his last run.. Buy the Film Here! tiny.cc
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www.nextlevelguitar.com Click thelink above to receive free exclusive videos, newletters, and lots of free guitar and music goodies from Next Level Guitar. In this lesson we teach some standard lead guitar county bluegrass licks. Learn the scales used as well as close ups to get all the lick nuances down cold! Many more full on video lessons at the full on instructional website at: www.nextlevelguitar.com
www.nextlevelguitar.com Click thelink above to receive free exclusive videos, newletters, and lots of free guitar and music goodies from Next Level Guitar. In this lesson weteach a real basic bluegrass standard progression. We list out all the chords and you will be having fun with this one in no time! Many more full on video lessons at the full on instructional website at: www.nextlevelguitar.com
Greg Fleischut (guitar-left), Etienne Cremieux (mandolin), Erik Oliver (guitar-right), April 2006 Greg and Etienne met at David Grisman's mandolin symposium in Santa Cruz in the summer of 2006. Both were 15 at the time. Greg is from San Francisco, Etienne from Brookline, Mass. They became fast friends and have continued to get together at various bluegrass festivals and on vacations. This video was taken during Greg's visit to Brookline when the guys were just sitting in Etienne's living room jamming. It was taken with a simple Sony Cybershot camera (not even a video camera) and the guys probably didn't even know that they were being filmed. Both have played bluegrass for a few years by then. Both play multiple instruments, Etienne is a wicked fiddler. They also regularly get together at Rockygrass academy and festival. Both also play jazz, classical, and other genres. Greg composes music, sings, and plays guitar with an indie rock band he started with a group of friends as a freshman in high school called The Audiophiles (check them out at www.myspace.com/theaudiophilescali and on itunes. Here are some links you might want to check out: www.myspace.com www.boingboing.net etiennecremieux.com www.youtube.com
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A "Who's Who" collection of bluegrass musicians is coming to Raleigh for one night only. Almost 20 artists, including Rob McCoury, Terry Baucom, Michael Cleveland, Jason Carter, Josh Williams, Dale Ann Bradley, Steve Gulley, Kim Fox, Rob Ickes, Missy
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NBC 17.com
http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news/story/21042/pickin-a-bluegrass-allstar-band
Muriel played this tune in her yearly concert on 11/29/08 in her hometown; Dowers Grove, IL
This Song is Made by Slaughter of the Bluegrass. Download it free at: www.sotb.se NEW COVER OF A DT SONG: www.youtube.com Slaughter of the Bluegrass is a band that plays unplugged versions of metal hit songs. The first hit song recorded was At the Gates - Blinded by Fear, which drew some attention on the internet, and was aired on swedish radio.The song was recorded in Studio Precision, Stockholm, Sweden in July 2008. Lyrics: I cast aside my chains Fall from reality Purgatory unleashed Now burn the face of the earth Purgatory unleashed Now burn the face of the earth The face of all your fears All of your dreams unleashed The face of all your fears Born of the demon sky Twisting reality Sweet nauseating pain Is death the only release? Nauseating pain Is death the only release? The face of all your fears All of your dreams unleashed The face of all your fears I cast aside my chains Fall from reality Suicidal diseases The face of all your fears Now covered with scars Humanity exiled Purgatory unleashed Now burn the face of the earth Purgatory unleashed Now burn the face of the earth The face of all your fears All of your dreams unleashed The face of all your fears
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Staff Report
Acclaimed bluegrass musician, writer and organizer Bill Grant of Hugo, Okla., appears in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at High Strung Bluegrass, 18 W. Hearne St. in Paris.
Grant and his partner, Delia Bell, were considered among
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The Paris News
http://theparisnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=947731bfad16b6ba
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Ricky Skaggs topped the mainstream country music charts in the '70s and '80s, but the Kentucky native has returned to his bluegrass roots, and says he plans to remain there.
Skaggs, known affectionately as bluegrass music's official ambassador, says he
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Pittsburgh Entertainment
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/music/s_596778.html?source=rss&feed=7
Dixie Chicks Band: Keith Sewell, Brent Truitt, David Grissom, John Mock, John Deaderick, John Gardner, Roscoe Beck
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New duo Dailey & Vincent dominated the International Bluegrass Music Association awards Thursday, winning entertainer of the ...
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USA Today
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Dailey & Vincent won emerging artist and gospel recorded performance trophies at the International Bluegrass Music Association awards Thursday.
"We are very privileged and honored and we will carry this torch all year and try
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MSN Entertainment
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Legendary Bluegrass Artist Ralph Stanley Endorses Barack Obama Transcript: "Howdy Friends, This is Ralph Stanley, and I think I know a little somethin' about the families around here. And after the last eight years, I know we all need a change. Now, nobody's lookin' for a handout, but I think we could use a leader who's on our side. And I believe that leader's Barack Obama. Barack'll cut taxes for everyday folks, not big business, so you'll have a little more money in your pocket at the end of the year. He understands that our kids shouldn't have to leave our communities to find work. That's why Barack'll make it easier to send your children to college, and help create five million new jobs, by investin' right here at home. I also know Barack is a good man, a father and a devoted husband. He values personal responsibility, and family first. So please join me, Ralph Stanley, in supporting a true friend of the people, who live right here in South-west Virginia. Barack Obama is the Change We Need."
This is a cover of Metallica´s song Unforgiven =) Lyrics: New blood joins this earth And quickly he's subdued Through constant pained disgrace The young boy learns their rules With time the child draws in This whipping boy done wrong Deprived of all his thoughts The young man strugggles on and on he's known A vow unto his own That never from this day His will they'll take away-eay Chorus What I've felt What I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never be Never see Won't see what might have been What I've felt What I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never free Never me So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN They dedicate their lives To RUNING all of his He tries to please THEM all This bitter man he is Throughout his life the same He's battled constantly This fight he cannot win A tired man they see no longer cares The old man then prepares To die regretfully That old man here is me Chorus*2 Never Free Never Me So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN You labeled me I'll label you So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN Never Free Never Me So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN You labeled me I'll label you So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN Never Free Never Me So I dub thee UNFORGIVEN
Katy Hill performed by Mei Han's Red Chamber with John Reischman and the Jaybirds. REDGRASS CD: www.asza.com See article: www.penguineggs.ab.ca Featuring: Mei Han - liuqin John Reischman - mandolin Trisha Gagnon - bass Guilian Liu - pipa Jim Nunally - guitar Geling Jiang - sanxian Nick Hornbuckle - banjo Zhimin Yu - ruan Red Chamber: www.mei-han.com Jaybirds: www.thejaybirds.com
Katy Hill performed by Mei Han's Red Chamber with John Reischman and the Jaybirds. REDGRASS CD: www.asza.com See article: www.penguineggs.ab.ca Featuring: Mei Han - liuqin John Reischman - mandolin Trisha Gagnon - bass Guilian Liu - pipa Jim Nunally - guitar Geling Jiang - sanxian Nick Hornbuckle - banjo Zhimin Yu - ruan Red Chamber: www.mei-han.com Jaybirds: www.thejaybirds.com
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Not even high gas prices and scorching hot temperatures can keep bluegrass music aficionados at home.
"If you are a true bluegrass fan, nothing keeps you away from a festival," Gayle Littrell said Saturday as he scanned the crowd gathered at the
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TimesDaily.com
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20080720/NEWS/807200354/1011/RSS&source=RSS
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Published: Friday, July 18, 2008
DARRINGTON -- Musicians have been arriving with tents since Saturday and they've been jamming in the Darrington Bluegrass Festival campground ever since.
Billed
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HeraldNet
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080718/NEWS01/457134074/-1/RSS02
New Grass Revival at Telluride Bluegrass Festival...
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FAWN -- Plucking at the strings of her mandolin, Francine Michaels sang of sunshine.
The Mountain Top Bluegrass Festival started humbly, when Ed Michaels suggested that his wife jam in their own back yard.
And like a melodic wish, the clouds
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Pittsburgh Entertainment
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_575988.html?source=rss&feed=7
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OWENSBORO, Ky. — It's unlikely that Bill Monroe, the "father of bluegrass music," and Clive Campbell - aka D.J. Kool Herc - "the father of hip-hop," ever imagined a marriage of their musical offspring.
But "grass-hop" - for want of a better name - is
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Centre Daily Times
http://www.centredaily.com/entertainment/story/619594.html
General bluegrass jam sessions at Townsend,Tn on 5-2-08. (1) "Bluegrass Breakdown" w/ Robert Montgomery- guitar, Jeremy Stephens-banjo, Fred Keene-mandolin, & others. (If you are on this video, Please let me know)(2) "Just Over Yonder" I don't know the names of any singers/musicians (if anyone does, please let me know)(3)"Let Me Be Your Friend" - don't know the names of singers/musicians (if you do, please let me know). Sorry about the wind!
He introduced this as being inspired by his time with Bela Fleck. There is certainly some bluegrass themes in there but like the great Bela himself, Jake doesn't allow it to become trite or cliched
just a fun time pickin' an a grinnin' Blackberry Blossom bluegrass song playe by caleb Dostal (banjo) jesse brown (guitar)
Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys - Roanoke (From "The Country Show: with Stars of the Grand Ole Opry" 1955). Bill Monroe: mandolin; Carlos Brock: guitar; Bobby Hicks, Charlie Cline: fiddles; Jackie Phelps: banjo; Ernie Newton: bass.
Bluegrass Etc. Dueling various styles
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The Punch Brothers' debut album Punch is out now on Nonesuch
The virtuoso sophistication of the Punch Brothers is redefining a traditional genre, says Ivan Hewett
At first sight, the Punch Brothers seem like any other bluegrass band. They look
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The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/02/28/bmpunch128.xml
Learn about how to flatpick bluegrass with expert tips and advice on guitar music lessons in this free video clip. Expert: Reno McCormick Contact: renosmusicshop.com Bio: Reno McCormick has been playing music for 35 years professionally. He plays and teaches dobro, banjo, fiddle, mandolin and guitar playing country and blue grass. Filmmaker: Chuck Tyler
Bluegrass rhythms for frailing banjo
Fade to Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica is available at www.cmhrecords.com on iTunes and retailers nationwide. Kirk Hammett also likes this tribute! Check out the interview here youtube.com
Banjo player, Raymond Fairchild, is accompanied on this banjo instrumental by the Crowe Brothers.
Members of the 1979 Seldom Scene: John Duffey (Mandolin), Ben Eldridge (Banjo), Mike Auldridge (Dobro), Phil Rosenthal (Guitar), & Tom Gray (Bass)
Me playing flatpick guitar from awhile ago.
To get this entire 1 hour video, go to www.createspace.com Way back in 1964, New York filmmaker, David Hoffman was headed down with his new 16mm hand help camera (weight 49 lbs!) to spend three weeks driving the backcountry around Madison County, North Carolina, in the center of Appalachia, with the 82 year old founder of the pioneer Asheville Mountain Music and Dance Festival, Bascom Lamar Lunsford. The resulting film, "Bluegrass Roots" lets you hear and experience the hard scrabbling, dirt road real people sounds that dominated the back country of the southern mountains 40 years ago. It presents a string of the most extraordinary singers, players and dancers the BlueGrass Mountains had to offer. Many later became famous. Some were never heard from again. Most of the songs are classics, including Lunsford's own tune, "Mountain Dew." When this film aired on Public Television in 1965, TV Guide gave it a full-page positive review, because Americans had never seen a documentary on the roots of Bluegrass and Country music. Today, the dirt roads and the moonshine counties are largely modernized, and Bluegrass Roots, stands as a record of a uniquely talented group of people at a time just before the coming of television, changed them. www.createspace.com/204609
To get the entire movie go to www.createspace.com It was back in 1964. New York City filmmaker, David Hoffman, age 22, was headed down with his new 16mm hand held camera (weight 49 lbs!) to spend three weeks driving the backcountry around Madison County, North Carolina, in the center of Appalachia, with the 82 year old founder of the pioneer Asheville Mountain Music and Dance Festival, Bascom Lamar Lunsford. The resulting film, "Bluegrass Roots" lets you hear and experience the hard scrabbling, dirt road real people sounds that dominated the back country of the southern mountains 40 years ago. It presents a string of the most extraordinary singers, players and dancers the BlueGrass Mountains had to offer. Many later became famous. Some were never heard from again. Most of the songs are classics, including Lunsford's own tune, "Mountain Dew." When this film aired on Public Television in 1965, TV Guide gave it a full-page positive review, because Americans had never seen a documentary on the roots of Bluegrass and Country music. Today, the dirt roads and the moonshine counties are largely modernized, and Bluegrass Roots, stands as a record of a uniquely talented group of people at a time just before the coming of television, changed them. www.thehoffmancollection.com
The most memorable Kentucky-LSU game has to be the Bluegrass Miracle. For more exclusive SEC football traditions, log on to www.cstv.com
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Fade to Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica is available at www.cmhrecords.com on iTunes and retailers nationwide. Kirk Hammett also likes this tribute! Check out the interview here youtube.com
Fade to Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica is available at www.cmhrecords.com on iTunes and retailers nationwide. Kirk Hammett also likes this tribute! Check out the interview here youtube.com
The great band Fade To Bluegrass.
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...Skaggs' chart-topping album with Bruce Hornsby is up for recorded event. The IBMA also announced the two newest members of its Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. Howard Watts, also known as "Cedric Rainwater," was the bass player in the classic version of Bill...
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Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MUSIC_BLUEGRASS_AWARDS?SITE=NEYOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Ivan Rosenberg plays his song "Here this Morning" from his bluegrass dobro instructional DVD.
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