Archive for August 8th, 2007

Tom T. Hall, Miss Dixie are spotlighted on radio show

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
August 8, 2007

Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie and Tom T.
WPLN, Nashville, Tenn.’s Public Radio Station, is airing at interview with Tom T. and Dixie Hall, generally regarded as the first couple of the bluegrass songwriting realm.
Tom T. Hall found great success in the mid-1960s and ’70s as a country songwriter and award-winning performer. With mainstream country [...]

Tags:
,
No Comments »



Fox Family fest runs this weekend

Category: Festival News

By Dan Tackett
August 8, 2007

IIIrd Tyme Out
The 18th annual Fox Family Bluegrass Festival kicks off Thursday and runs through Sunday in Old Forge, N.Y.
Thursday’s lineup includes Off The Wall, the Nearly Brothers, Delaney Brothers Bluegrass, 3 Fox Drive, Sweet Cider and the Atkinson Family . On Friday’s concert bill are Miller’s Crossing, Delaney Brothers Bluegrass, Sarah [...]

Tags:
,
No Comments »



Sugar Hill adds more titles to its Americana Master series

Category: CD Release

By Dan Tackett
August 8, 2007

Quick Links

Sugar Hill Records

Sugar Hill Records continues to expand its Americana Master Series with seven new CD releases. All sharing the sub-title, “Americana Master Series, The Best of the Sugar Hill Years,” the releases showcase the Lonesome River Band, Reckless Kelly, Peter Rowan, Doyle Lawson, the Nashville Bluegrass Band and Terry Allen.
Sugar Hill launched the [...]

Tags:
,
No Comments »



Mike Compton to give mando workshop

Category: Bluegrass News

By Dan Tackett
August 8, 2007

Mike Compton
Friends of Bluegrass, an organization supporting bluegrass events in the Holly Springs, N.C., area, is sponsoring a mandolin workshop Aug. 26 featuring Mike Compton.
The class, limited to 15 to 18 participants, will be held at the Holly Springs Cultural Center. It will cost $75, with Friends of Bluegrass members being reimbursed $5.
The workshop is [...]

Tags:
,
No Comments »



Bean Blossom 2007 Fan Photos

Category: Festival News

By Travis Tackett
August 8, 2007

Karl Shiflett and Big Country
Special Consensus
Marty Raybon and Full Circle
JD Crowe and long time fan Steve Mobley
Steve & Sue Mobley, good friends of the BluegrassJournal.com staff and Bean Blossom regulars, sent us these pictures they took during the 2007 Bean Blossom Bluegrass Fest back in June.
Thanks!!!!!!!

Tags:

No Comments »