Archive for July 14th, 2009

Bluegrass music hits the big papers

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
July 14, 2009

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The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal have recently published a couple of articles spotlighting Bluegrass music.

The Wall Street Journal article focuses on women in Bluegrass and highlights Alison Brown, Missy Raines, Dale Ann Bradley and Compass Records where the trio of artists are label mates.

Jedd Ferris shines the spotlight on some of Nashville, Tennessee’s best venues to take in Bluegrass music in the Washington Post article.

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Summer edition of British Bluegrass News in the mail

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
July 14, 2009

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The Summer 2009 edition of British Bluegrass News is in the mail.

Monroe’s Revenge are the subject of the cover story, as former mandolin player with the group, John Baldry, looks back to when he was with the band.

In addition, there are feature stories about:…

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Mark O’Connor String Camp offers free concerts

Category: Bluegrass News

By Travis Tackett
July 14, 2009

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New York, NY., — Mark O’Connor, the multi-Grammy-Award-winning composer and violinist, will kick off his inaugural New York City String Camp this month with a series of nighttime student-teacher concerts July 27-31 featuring the world’s top string players. The camp is located at the Society for Ethical Culture at 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West, a block from Lincoln Center, and Mark will be saving 500 seats for the public to use, free of charge….

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