Archive for April 22nd, 2008

Reveal life to Claire, win big

Category: Bluegrass News

By Dan Tackett
April 22, 2008

Win an iPod Shuffle pre-loaded with all of Claire Lynch’s Rounder CDs.
Rounder Records recording artist Claire Lynch is posing the ulimate in word economy in a creative writing contest, entitled “Go short, win big with Claire.”
“It’s deceptively simple: Write your life in six words,” she says.
According to Lynch’s Web site, www.clairelynch.com, she “is convinced that [...]

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Tim Hensley Marks Start of Chesney Tour with In-Store Appearance

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
April 22, 2008

Tim Hensley
Uncasville, CT — When Kenny Chesney wrapped his high impact, higher energy opening show of his much anticipated Poets & Pirates Tour, most of the band wandered off into the night. But not acoustic guitarist/tenor singer Tim Hensley, who was met following the concert by members of the Mohegan Sun’s security team and taken [...]

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Boston Bluegrass Union putting wraps on concert season with pickin’ and potluck

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
April 22, 2008

Back Eddy Bluegrass
The Boston Bluegrass Union is inviting bluegrass fans and pickers out to celebrate Bluegrass Music Month with the Boston Bluegrass Union on Saturday, May 3rd for the Springfest Regional Band Showcase with performances by Back Eddy Bluegrass, Pine Hill Ramblers and Kids Academy Band.
The Boston Bluegrass Union will wrap up their [...]

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Westmoreland Tennessee to host first annual bluegrass festival

Category: Festival News

By Bob Dieterlen
April 22, 2008

Jesse McReynolds is among the performers at Westmoreland’s First Annual Bluegrass Festival May 3. Photo by Travis Tackett
Westmoreland, Tennessee will be hosting it’s First Annual Bluegrass Festival Saturday May 3rd 2008.
The festival starts at 9:00AM and ends when the last picker leaves the parking lot.
The festival will be located at the ball parks on [...]

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Kitty Wells exhibit to open August 15 at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
April 22, 2008

Kitty Wells in a 1943 publicity photo.
Nashville, Tenn. — The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will pay tribute to the genre’s first female superstar, Kitty Wells, with the cameo exhibition Kitty Wells: Queen of Country Music. The exhibit will open in the Museum’s East Gallery on August 15, 2008, and [...]

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