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Bonnaroo 2010 interview: Graham Sharp of the Steep Canyon Rangers
March 10, 2010
One of the more interesting bands on the Bonnaroo 2010 lineup was comedian Steve Martin, playing a set not in the comedy tent but a musical set on a . . . banjo player, Graham Sharp, to talk about Bonnaroo, performing with Steve Martin, the state of Bluegrass music today, and a host of other topics.
Spinneys, Cormier team up for April tour
March 10, 2010
The Spinney Brothers and JP Cormier will be touring the Maritimes April 20-27 in the Maritime Acoustic Tour 2010 presented by Mastertone Productions. . . . Productions. Veterans of the Atlantic Canadian bluegrass scene, the Spinney Brothers are the most awarded act in Atlantic Canadian bluegrass history.
Midwest City banjo player knows how to pick ’em
March 10, 2010
Annie Thrower had no idea why she bought that banjo the first night she saw it hanging on a wall in Butch’s Music Shop in Lafayette, Ind. After . . . not a bluegrass picker. Six months later, she was sitting in on a jam during the late Bill Monroe’s Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival in Indiana.
Concert news: Steve Martin bringing his banjo to State Theatre ..
March 10, 2010
Actor/comedian Steve Martin will present "An Evening of Bluegrass and Banjo" June 13 at the State Theatre in downtown Minneapolis. Martin released . . . wide acclaim. It was his first full disc of music, with no standup comedy to be found, and it went on to win a Grammy Award for best bluegrass album.
Rounder Records looks back on 40 years
March 10, 2010
Forty years ago, three college friends -- Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton-Levy and Bill Nowlin -- decided to start a record label. More than 3,000 titles . . . there to tell us not to, so that's how we started," said Ken Irwin. What they did know was that there was a void of independent labels at the time.
Bluegrass stars coming to Red White and Bluegrass Festival
March 9, 2010
Many of the top names in bluegrass music will perform during the 2010 Red White and Bluegrass Festival on the River Stage at Catawba Meadows Park. . . . includes Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Del McCoury, Seldom Scene, Mountain Heart with Tony Rice, Cherryholmes, IIIrd Tyme Out and Balsam Range.
Bluegrass music’s royal family to headline Rhythm & Roots Reunion
March 9, 2010
Members of bluegrass music’s unofficial royal family will headline this year’s Rhythm & Roots Reunion. Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, . . . mid-September festival is six months away, organizers announced part of the lineup and unveiled the new poster during a news conference this morning.
Dierks Bentley going “Up the Ridge” with new release
March 9, 2010
There's a little bluegrass in the soul of Dierks Bentley. He plans to showcase that talent with an album full of bluegrass music this summer. Simply . . . Del McCoury Band on previous albums. When he first came to Nashville, he would play at the Station Inn alongside the legendary bluegrass performers.
Lighting up the stage for the last time
March 9, 2010
For more than 30 years, the New England musical group Northern Lights has presented their own style of bluegrass music that includes touches of jazz, . . . end Saturday, March 13 at Mansfield's Rose Garden Coffeehouse, 17 West St., Mansfield, as the group closes up shop and presents their final concert.
As threatened, Bentley goes bluegrass
March 8, 2010
Dierks Bentley is following through on his threat to go bluegrass. The country singer will release "Up On The Ridge " this summer. Bentley will work . . . to my hard core fans," said Bentley. "They've asked me: 'when are you going to make a bluegrass record?' And I was just waiting for the right time."
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