Archive for June 3rd, 2008

Mountain Heart Blogs again, with Josh Shilling

Category: Spotlight

By Travis Tackett
June 3, 2008

Mountain Heart’s Josh Shilling (left) and Jason Moore (right) with former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Bob Burns (center) who is a big Mountain Heart fan.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of two blogs written exclusively for BluegrassJournal.com by members of Mountain Heart, which is gearing up for an appearance at the BamaJam Music Festival [...]

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BlueHighways TV announces affiliation agreement with Comcast

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
June 3, 2008

Hendersonville, TN - BlueHighways TV (BHTV), the multi-platform network that explores the people, stories, traditions and music of America, announced today that the company has signed a multi-year distribution agreement with Comcast Cable Communications for its linear and Video On Demand (VOD) services.
“Our agreement with Comcast is an important affirmation for BlueHighways TV,” said Stan [...]

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Krugers to return to Kingfield POPS in Maine

Category: Bluegrass News

By Dan Tackett
June 3, 2008

The Kruger Brothers will perform at the Kingfield POPS Festival in Kingfield, Maine June 28, 2008.  photo by Gian Vaitl
The Kruger Brothers will headline the sixth annual Kingfield POPS Festival in Kingfield, Maine, on June 28.
It’s a return engagement for the North Carolina-based act, which performed at the 2006 celebration.
The festival is billed as an [...]

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Bluegrass Bits and Pieces

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
June 3, 2008

Murphy Method releases DVD on improvising - “Slow Jam” Instructional video reviewed in Bluegrass Unlimited.

Video Clip from Murphy Method’s “Improvising: The First Stage” educational DVD.
The Murphy Method has  released Improvising: The First Stage on DVD for banjo which is geared towards teaching how to take the licks you know and re-arranging them into new breaks [...]

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