Archive for September 17th, 2008

Singer/Songwriter Becky Schlegel Returns To IBMA Songwriter Showcase September 30

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
September 17, 2008

Singer / Songwriter Becky Schlegel will perform for an IBMA Songwriter Showcase on September 20 during IBMA’s World of Bluegrass.
Nashville, TN — Versatile singer/songwriter Becky Schlegel returns to the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Songwriter Showcase for a performance on Tuesday, September 30 at 4 p.m. The date marks Schlegel’s third appearance at the coveted [...]

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Tony Trischka’s classic “Hill Country” to be released on CD

Category: CD Release

By Travis Tackett
September 17, 2008

Burlington, MA – Long unavailable, the legacy of Tony Trischka’s 1985 album Hill Country has been kept alive by musicians and fans via carefully-guarded vinyl pressings and cassette dubs. On October 21 Rounder Records will release the highly anticipated re-mastered edition, complete with extensive new notes and a bonus track, restoring to print a pivotal [...]

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Styles are diverse in instrumental album fnalists

Category: IBMA Nominees

By Dan Tackett
September 17, 2008

Diversity is the key word in describing the fine finalists for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2008 Instrumental Album of the Year.
Here are thumbnail sketches of those finalists:
Live At The Linda, David Grier (artist & producer), Dreadnought Records
As the title strongly suggests, this is a live one, folks, recorded as a solo effort in front [...]

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“Bluegrass in the Bluegrass” concert series presented by Univ. of Kentucky & Lexington Public Library

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
September 17, 2008

Lexington, Ky. — The University of Kentucky John Jacob Niles Center for American Music and the Lexington Public Library have announced a new musical collaboration, “Bluegrass in the Bluegrass,” a series of concerts that explore traditional old time and bluegrass music of the Appalachian region.
The six public library events will [...]

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