Archive for March 12th, 2008

The Pevas are Bean Blossom’s dear hearts, gentle people

Category: Spotlight

By Rickey Lamb
March 12, 2008

Jim and Ailene Peva during Uncle Pen Days at Bean Blossom, IN. 2007. Photo by Rickey Lamb
I don’t know if it’s my age or if it’s the fact that this Midwestern winter has drug on longer than it should, but I’m ready for two things: bluegrass and Indiana. My thoughts take me back to [...]

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Bluegrass Bits and Pieces

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
March 12, 2008

Blue Highway plays Mountain Stage road show on Mar. 16
WDVX hosts a Hootenanny
Today, March 12 at Noon (Eastern) tune into WDVX and catch “The Blueplate Special” with guests The Two-Man Gentlemen Band. If you’re out of range of WDVX’s radio signal tune in online.
The official word on these guys, according to the groups promotional [...]

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Bluegrass on the Grand Ole Opry this week

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
March 12, 2008

Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage will make an Appearance on the Friday night edition of The Grand Ole Opry this week. Also appearing this weekend are Jesse McReynolds, The Whites and Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press. Times are listed below.
Friday, March 14

Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys — 9:00-9:30
Rhonda Vincent — 9:30-10:00

Saturday, [...]

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Group pushing petitions for National Miner’s Day

Category: Bluegrass News

By Dan Tackett
March 12, 2008

Call us suckers for a good cause.
The following has absolutely nothing to do with bluegrass music, but we’re gonna step up and give this appeal a pitch.
The Miner’s Day Memorial Association of West Virginia, located in Fairmont, W.Va., is looking for support for its petition drive for an annual commemorative National Miner’s Day for the [...]

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