Archive for May 22nd, 2008

Bluegrass on the bill for CMA Music Festival

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
May 22, 2008

Dan TyminskiThe Greencards Mountain HeartSierra Hull
Nashville, Tenn. — A handful of Bluegrass Artists are scheduled to play the CMA Music Festival, June 5-8, 2008 in Nashville, Tenn. The CMA Music Festival, formally known as Fan Fest, includes more than 400 artists performing concerts and participating in Meet and Greets and Autograph Sessions for over 185,000 [...]

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Mac Wiseman among NEA’s 2008 National Heritage Fellowship Recipients

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
May 22, 2008

“Wiseman began to sing in public at the age of 12, but he was stricken with polio in his youth and that curtailed his performances for a time. With the help of the National Foundation of Polio, he attended music school in Dayton, Virginia. Soon he was singing on a local radio station in Harrisonburg, [...]

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