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Telluride, CO — Telluride has released preliminary lineups for three of their most exciting annual festivals for the 2008 season.

Additional artists for each festival are still waiting to be confirmed and single day lineups will be available in the spring of 2008.

The Telluride Box Office is open for business and tickets to these outstanding festivals will go quick so act fast.

35th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, June 19-22, 2008

• Sam Bush Band
• Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder
• Ani DiFranco
• Yonder Mountain String Band
• John Cowan & Darrell Scott Band
• Tim O’Brien
• Bela Fleck
• Peter Rowan
• Jerry Douglas
• Edgar Meyer
• Brett Dennen
• Spring Creek Bluegrass Band

36th Annual RockyGrass, July 25-27, 2008.

• Sam Bush Bluegrass Band
• Dan Tyminski Band
• Natalie MacMaster
• Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas & Edgar Meyer
• Psychograss
• JD Crowe & The New South
• Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck w/ Casey Driessen & Ben Sollee
• Russ Barenberg & Bryan Sutton
• John Cowan Band
• Peter Rowan
• The Infamous Stringdusters
• Chatham County Line
• Bearfoot
• The Steeldrivers
• Adrienne Young & Little Sadie
• Spring Creek Bluegrass Band

18th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, August 15-17

• Greg Brown
• The Waifs
• Tim O’Brien
• Todd Snider
• Sarah Sample

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Steep Canyon Rangers

Friday, December 7th

Steep Canyon Rangers - 7:30-8:00 & 11:00-11:30

Ricky Skaggs - 8:00-8:30 & 10:30-11:00

The Whites - 8:00-8:30 & 10:30-11:00

Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press - 10:00-10:3

Saturday, December 8th

Ricky Skaggs - 7:00-8:00 & 10:00-10:30

The Whites - 7:00-8:00 & 10:00-10:30

Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys - 8:00-8:30 & 10:30-11:00

Tuesday, December 11th

The Grascals - 7:30-8:00

The Whites - 8:00-8:30

The Grand Ole Opry is broadcast live on WSM 650 AM radio, online at www.WSMonline.com and on XM Satellite Radio (XM 11). All listed times are central time.

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Nominations for the 50th Annual GRAMMY^® Awards were announced yesterday by The Recording Academy reflecting one of the most diverse years ever, with the Album Of The Year category alone representing the country, hip-hop, jazz, pop and rock genres.

The press event was held at The Music Box @ Fonda in Hollywood and was attended by national and international media, as well as key music industry executives. Artists who helped announce the nominations included Akon, Fergie, Vince Gill, Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) Herbie Hancock, Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Recording Academy Chair Jimmy Jam, George Lopez, Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) and Taylor Swift.

The following GRAMMY^® nominations were announced in the Bluegrass and Bluegrass related categories:

Best Country Instrumental Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

“Little Monk” - Russ Barenberg - track from: “When At Last” [Compass Records]
“Mucky The Duck” - The Greencards - track from: “Viridian” [Dualtone Music Group]
“Rawhide!” - Andy Statman -track from: “East Flatbush Blues” [Shefa Records]
“Fidoodlin’” - The Time Jumpers - track from: “Jumpin’ Time” [Crosswind]

Best Bluegrass Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

“Cherryholmes II Black And White” - Cherryholmes - [Skaggs Family Records]
“Lefty’s Old Guitar” - J. D. Crowe & The New South - [Rounder]
“The Bluegrass Diaries“ - Jim Lauderdale - [Yep Roc Records]
“Scenechronized” - Seldom Scene - [Sugar Hill]
“Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular” - Tony Trischka - [Rounder]

Album Of The Year
(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s)/Mixer(s) & Mastering Engineer(s), if other than the artist.)

“These Days” - Vince Gill John Anderson, Guy Clarke, Rodney Crowell, Diana Krall & The Del McCoury Band, featured artists; Vince Gill, John Hobbs & Justin Niebank, producers; Neal Cappellino & Justin Niebank engineers / mixers; Adam Ayan, mastering engineer - [MCA Nashville]

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals
(For a collaborative performance, with vocals, by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

“Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - [Rounder Records]

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

“Simple Love” - Alison Krauss - track from: “A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection” - [Rounder]

Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

“Everybody’s Brother” - Billy Joe Shaver - [Compadre Records]
“Salt Of The Earth” - Ricky Skaggs & The Whites - [Skaggs Family Records]
“Tell Someone” - Kenny & Amanda Smith Band - [Rebel Records]
“I’ll Fly Away: Country Hymns & Songs Of Faith” - Various Artists - Ed Cash, producer - [Sparrow Records]

Best Traditional Folk Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

“Try Me One More Time” - David Bromberg - [Appleseed Recordings]
“Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John” - Peter Case - [Yep Roc Records]
“Banjo Talkin’” - Cathy Fink - [Rounder]
“Dirt Farmer” - Levon Helm - [Dirt Farmer Music/Vanguard Records]
“Charlie Louvin” - Charlie Louvin - [Tompkins Square]

Best Instrumental Composition
(A Composer’s Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)

“Spectacle” - Béla Fleck, composer (Chick Corea & Béla Fleck) - Track from: The Enchantment - [Concord Records]

A complete Nomination listing can be found at the GRAMMY^® website.

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