Dobro Master Jerry Douglas Presents 'Southern Filibuster: A Tribute To Tut Taylor'

Simply put, there isn't a Dobro player alive who doesn't owe Tut Taylor. Taylor is a towering figure in the world of acoustic music, championed for his flat-picking mastery by generations of fellow musicians and connoisseurs of rural American music. Prolific and versatile, Taylor's licks have graced recordings by hundreds of country and bluegrass artists including Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Norman Blake, Clarence White, Porter Wagoner, Vassar Clements and Leon Russell, and his solo albums have been studied by countless admirers, some of whom playfully refer to him as King Tut.


One of those lifelong devotees is Jerry Douglas, perhaps the most celebrated Dobro player in the world for more than 30 years.

"Tut's tenacious playing style, his phrasing and his way of making simple things interesting," as Douglas puts it, have had a seismic impact on Douglas over the years, and their 1994 co-production The Great Dobro Sessions won a GRAMMY Award for "Bluegrass Album of the Year." But now, with the release of Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor (E1 Music: July 13, 2010), Douglas takes his esteem for the Dobro doyen to another level entirely.

For this labor of love, Douglas assembled 14 of the world's greatest Dobro players to interpret compositions penned by Taylor. He also enlisted Nashville's finest backing musicians for the recording including Ronnie McCoury (mandolin), Jason Carter (fiddle), Tim O'Brien (mandolin), Russ Barenberg (guitar), Barry Bales (bass), Fred Carpenter (fiddle), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Chris Jones (guitar), Mike Compton (mandolin), Dennis Crouch (bass), Bryan Sutton (guitar), and Mike Bub (bass). All of the proceeds from Southern Filibuster go directly to Taylor. And even best of all, they didn't tell Taylor about the project until it was a wrap, giving him one of the nicest surprises of his 86 years. Read more.

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Laid-back Stanley enjoys being onstage

August 29, 2010 3:00 AM


By Charity Apple / Times-News

SNOW CAMP — Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley just takes each day as it comes.
Whether it’s playing music or spending time with family, Stanley, a young-sounding 83, has a great attitude and is thankful for every moment he’s able to make music and entertain fans. He still tours 100 dates a year, but he relishes the time he’s at home in Coeburn, Va.
He was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George W. Bush in 2006, is a three-time Grammy Award winner and received his honorary doctorate in music from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn., in 1976, along with numerous other awards.
But this “living legend” is as laid-back and sweet as they come. Stanley’s family still attends The Primitive Baptist Church in Grundy, Va., and during the day, he’s usually “gone somewhere.”
And he doesn’t mind sitting a spell and talking with reporters, either. Late Thursday night, he took some time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions about his career.Full story here..

News from The International Bluegrass Music Musem

BILL MONROE EXHIBIT OPENS SEPTEMBER 10

Second of Three Exhibits for Monroe Centennial Celebration

We'll be opening our Bill Monroe Centennial Exhibit on September 10, 2010, as part of the worldwide Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration. This event takes place just three days prior to what would have been Big Mon's 99th birthday

Featured in the Bill Monroe Centennial Exhibit are many of his personal artifacts illustrating the impact of his long and eventful career. Showcased are two major artifacts never before displayed in a museum setting: Uncle Pen's fiddle and the famous headstock veneer from Bill Monroe's mandolin.



The Bill Monroe Centennial Exhibit is the second of three special shows that will be open during the two-year Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration. The Bill Monroe Centennial Art Exhibit is the first exhibit in the set, which opened to an overflowing crowd at the museum during the Blue Grass Boys Reunion on opening day of ROMP 2010. ROMP is the museum's summer cultural festival.



The third Bill Monroe Centennial Exhibit will open on his 100th birthday, September 13, 2011, and will feature artifacts of the Blue Grass Boys-those legendary members of Bill Monroe's band over many decades-as well as expand upon the Bill Monroe Centennial Exhibit.



BILL MONROE EXHIBIT TO INCLUDE RARE ARTIFACTS



Uncle Pen's Fiddle

Bluegrass musicians and fans know that this fiddle and its owner, Pendleton Vandiver, were enormously influential in Bill Monroe's life.



Uncle Pen's fiddle was acquired by one of the most instrumental people in establishing the IBMM, Terry Woodward of Owensboro, Kentucky, who has gifted the instrument to the museum for the duration of the Centennial celebration. This fiddle has been used in recent recording sessions by fiddlers Ricky Skaggs, Stuart Duncan, Fletcher Bright and Tim O'Brien, among many others, to record a soundtrack for a motion picture being made of Bill Monroe's life starring Golden Globe-nominated actor Peter Sarsgaard as Monroe, his real-life wife Maggie Gyllenhaal as Bessie Lee Mauldin, T-Bone Burnett as music director and Callie Khouri as script writer. Sounds like an Oscar-winning combination to us!!



Monroe's Famous Mandolin Headplate

The other major artifact, the original headstock veneer from Bill Monroe's world-famous Gibson 1923 F-5 Lloyd Loar mandolin, is part of a legend well-known to fans and considered by some to be the quintessential bluegrass relic. Following a disagreement with Gibson, Monroe removed the company's name from the headstock with a pocketknife, leaving only the word "The."

The veneer was auctioned at Christie's in New York City in December of 2009. The IBMM's executive director, Gabrielle Gray, made the trip from Owensboro hoping to be the top bidder and acquire the artifact for the museum. She was outbid by Laura Weber Cash, an accomplished vocalist and national award-winning fiddler, who, along with her husband, John Carter Cash, graciously agreed to place it on loan to the museum for the duration of the Centennial celebration.

More museum news, including new accuissions, possible new location for museum, and more here.

'COME HOME TO BLUEGRASS' Songwriting Contest Announced

Winner's Song to Debut at Bill Monroe's 100 Birthday Celebration


ROSINE, Ky. – The Ohio County Tourism Commission in Rosine, Ky., announces the


first ever “Come Home to Bluegrass” Songwriting Contest in honor of the upcoming celebration of Bill

Monroe's 100 Birthday in 2011.

Monroe, who was born in Rosine, is widely recognized as the "Father of Bluegrass Music." Plans are in

the works to celebrate what would have been his 100th birthday on September, 13, 2011. Included in

those plans is a musical celebration at Monroe's homeplace. The winner of the Come Home to Bluegrass

Songwriting Contest will debut his/her song at the celebration in 2011.

The deadline for entries is March 13, 2011. They will be judged on content of lyrics, music and

originality. Instrumentally and lyrically, the song must represent the traditional Bluegrass music style of

Bill Monroe. Winners will be notified by July 1, 2011.

Songwriters should note important rules of the contest, including:

• Songs should be NO LESS than two (2) minutes and thirty (30) seconds; and NO MORE than three (3)

minutes long. Compositions may be copyrighted or have writer’s clearance, but may not have been

published or sold. Complete details and rules can be found here.

Roots Music Series: "Dailey & Vincent" in Frostburg, MD

On Saturday, November 13, at 8PM, the Roots Music Series is pleased to present bluegrass legends Dailey & Vincent (and their band) in concert at the Palace Theatre in Downtown Frostburg's Arts & Entertainment District. Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent are veterans of bluegrass music, having some twenty years of experience between the two of them from long tenures with bluegrass and country legends Doyle Lawson and Ricky Skaggs. In 2003, long-time friends and colleagues Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent were asked to perform on a Koch Records recording titled Christmas Grass Vol.2 2004. Jamie and Darrin recorded a well known Christmas song, "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem," with just a guitar and mandolin and their two voices. Their version of this song rose to #1 on the Prime Cuts of Bluegrass. It was at this time that Jamie and Darrin decided that they would like to perform together more often and perhaps record again. This eventually evolved into the early planning and structuring of a new duo and band that would become Dailey and Vincent. Their first recording, Dailey and Vincent, was completed in August 2007 and released in January 2008. Dailey and Vincent signed with Rounder Records in early September 2007 and played over 100 tour dates in 2008. Look for additional details about this Roots Music Series concert, including ticket prices, in the coming months.

Additional information: HERE

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Thank you John for allowing me to post here. I'll try to do my best with what I know about near my corner of the world. To all who read... feel free to post comments and/or contact me. I love to discuss all things bluegrass!
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Tim Custer

Welcome Tim Custer

Tim Custer has agreed to be a contributor to this blog, Tim is a champion banjo player, and a part of the band Mountain Therapy. Tim and his family also host The Coleman Station Bluegrass Festival.

In addition to his broad knowledge of the bluegrass community, he is also an avid  reader and keeps up with bluegrass news and happenings. we are thankful that he is now going to share his knowledge with us.

He is first of, I hope, many posts precedes this one.

Welcome Tim!!

Free Bluegrass Concerts In Springs, PA

The Springs Community Acoustic Music Association will continue their free summer concert series through October.
The concerts begin at 6:00 PM and are held on the third Saturday of the month in The Folk Meeting House.

September's concert will feature Lonesome Highway from the Romney, WV area.
October's concert will feature Mountain Therapy form Western PA/Eastern OH.
The Folk Meeting House is located at 1711 Springs Road, Springs, PA.
Donations will be accepted. Refreshments served.

Blue Ridge Music Center Presents: Bluegrass Gospel with Paul Williams

Posted on August 26, 2010
Bluegrass gospel legend Paul Williams and his band the Victory Trio will make their Blue Ridge Music Center debut on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.


Known for his great voice and smooth mandolin lick, Paul began playing at the age of 9 when his father bought him a Gibson mandolin to play at prayer meetings and church services. For a time his talents were devoted to bluegrass as he joined The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers in the 50s, and became one of Jimmy Martin’s Sunny Mountain Boys in the late ’50s and early ’60s. In 1963 after finding salvation, he returned to his roots by leaving the bluegrass circuit and performing instead in churches and radio broadcasts.


In 1995, Paul formed the Victory Trio and began playing in churches around Morristown, Tenn., his hometown. While the group was immediately a regional success, it took four years to achieve national recognition. The band’s big break came with its second self-produced recording, Old Ways & Old Path, which was re-released and subsequently nominated for a Grammy in 2000 in the Best Southern, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album category. Full story here.

First Russian Bluegrass Festival, Russian-American Bluegrass Harmony in St. Petersburg

Pete and Joan Wernick and Justin Hoffenberg have returned from headlining the first-ever Russia-America Bluegrass Jamboree. The event took place July 20 and 21, 2010 in the cities of Vologda and Semenkovo in "deep Russia", an overnight train east from St. Petersburg. Many of the following photos, and the text below are courtesy of Robert Palomo, an American musician living in St. Petersburg, who played bass with Pete, Joan, and Justin.
From Pete:

It's great to be back home, and to have had such a wonderful trip. We were treated very well by our hosts, and the audiences really took to the bluegrass. A lot happened in one week, and I was especially glad to get acquainted with several Russian bluegrass musicians. We played together several different times, and I had the chance to offer some bluegrass help to both of the bands we met.
Bringing the sound of bluegrass this far (10 time zones) is something I'm sure Bill Monroe would have approved of. The hunch of the the U.S. Consulate, that this music might connect two distant cultures turned out to be true.


This 15 year-old girl is a good picker, and the banjo I'm signing is borrowed as she has none, and lives in an orphanage. Liza will be getting a new Brian Friesen Eagle Banjo from the Deering company later this year, supported by the Friesen family. The presentation will be made in Moscow. That is exciting! Our trip was arranged expressly for the purpose of bridging the gap between Americans and Russians. Thanks to all the positive attention we got, from concertgoers, from the media, and from the various officials in the Consulate world, both American and Russian, it seems it was a successful effort. I felt a serious responsibility, representing America to such a large number of Russians, and representing bluegrass music as well.

Full story, many photos and some video can be found at DrBanjo.com

An Evening With Patsy Cline

Where:

Grand Theatre

207 S. Second Avenue

Elizabeth, PA 1503

When:

Friday September 10, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Cathi Rhodes, Pennsylvania's Patsy Cline, visits the Grand Theatre in Elizabeth for a concert on Friday, September 10 from 7-9pm.

Back for a third engagement at the Grand Theatre,

Cathi Rhodes sings all of Patsy's greats including I Fall to Pieces, Crazy, Walkin' After Midnight, Faded Love, Sweet Dreams, and so much more!

This concert benefits Sounds Like Summer, the 12 week free summer concert series in Elizabeth Borough.

This is one event you won't want to miss!

Tickets are $10.

Don't be left out! An Evening With Patsy Cline sold out the last two concerts at the Grand.

Call the box office to reserve seats.

Cash and checks accepted.

Hope to see you there!

Grand Theatre
grandtheatre@verizon.net

412 384-0504

13th Annual Ozarks Celebration Festival, Sept 10-16, celebrates culture and heritage of Ozarks

The 13th Annual Ozarks Celebration Festival, Sept 10-16, on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield, MO, celebrates the culture and heritage of the Ozark's region. The University launched the festival in 1998 to foster a sense of place and understanding of place for both natives of the Ozarks and visitors as well.


... Three music stages will provide entertainment including traditional, bluegrass and gospel. There will be storytelling, traditional dance such as square, jig, contra and clogging along with film, historical characters, exhibits and more.
The Annual Concert Under the Stars & Ice-Cream Social on Friday, Sept 10, will feature The HillBenders, The Chapmans as well as Dan Tyminski and Ronnie Bowman. Full story.

Traditional Ties, 08/29/10, Playlist

High Ground - http://www.rickaltis.com/highground.htm

 Marty Stuart - http://www.sugarhillrecords.com/
 - http://www.martystuart.net/

Air Time

Artist Name

Song Title

Album Name

Label

Duration

10:00 PM

Kenny Baker

Jerusalem Ridge (Theme)

Plays Bill Monroe

County

2:00



10:02 PM

High Ground

Bristol Station

Bristol Station

High Ground

2:51



10:07 PM

Marty Stuart

Drifting Apart

Ghost Train

Sugar Hill

3:03



10:10 PM

Sidetrack

Friend of the Devil

Rowdy to Reverent

Bluegrass Widow

3:21



10:14 PM

Volune Five

Down in a Cell

Down in a Cell

Mountain Fever

3:58



10:19 PM

Bryon Sutton (Hot Rize)

Church Street Blues

Almost Live

Sugar Hill

3:39



10:23 PM

Gibson Brothers

Jericho

Ring the Bell

Compass

2:43



10:25 PM

Grascals

I'm Blue I'm Lonesome

The Famous Lefty Flynn's

Rounder

2:54



10:28 PM

Marty Sturat

Missippi Railroad Blues

Ghost Train

Sugar Hill

1:30



10:32 PM

High Ground

I Believe

Bristol Station

High Ground

4:08



10:36 PM

Nothin' Fancy

Lean on Me

Lord Bless This House

Pinecastle

2:44



10:39 PM

Lou Reid

God's Front Porch

Sounds Like Heaven to Me

Rural Rhythm

3:00



10:42 PM

Claire Lynch

Face to Face

Whatcha You Gonna Do

Rounder

3:55



10:47 PM

Crowe-Lawson-Williams

Prayer Bells of Heaven

Old Freinds Get Together

Mountain Home

2:25



10:49 PM

Gary Waldrep

Trust and Pray

Road Leading Home

Blue Circle

2:39



10:52 PM

Sweet Potato Pie

Lift Me Up

Journey Called Life

Mountain Fever

4:28



10:56 PM

Donna Ulisse

Lord I'm Yours

Holy Waters

Hadley

2:23



11:00 PM

True Bluegrass

With Care from Someone (Theme)

True Bluegrass 1979

True Bluegrass

2:00



11:02 PM

High Ground

The Place I Want to Be

Bristol Station

High Ground

2:39



11:06 PM

High Ground

Emi Sue

Bristol Station

High Ground

2:14



11:08 PM

High Ground

Old Love Letters

Bristol Station

High Ground

3:20



11:12 PM

High Ground

A Gibson and a Beat Up Chevrolet

Bristol Stantion

High Ground

3:07



11:17 PM

Marty Stuart

Hard Working Man

Ghost Train

Sugar Hill

3:04



11:20 PM

Nate Grower

Whistling Rufus

Nate Grower

Patuxent

3:43



11:24 PM

Rich in Tradition

Now I'm Losing You

Black Mountain Special

Mountain Roads

3:24



11:29 PM

Ned Crisp & Bottomline

Taking the Back roads Home

Taking the Back Roads Home

Blue Circle

2:46



11:31 PM

Blue Moon Rising

Time to Be Moving On

Strange New World

Rural Rhythm

3:26



11:35 PM

Marty Stuart

A World Without You

Ghost Train

Sugar Hill

3:07



11:37 PM

Darrin Beachley

Last Ride

Quicksand

Patuxent

3:01



11:40 PM

Lonesome River Band

I'm Still Learning

Still Learning

Rural Rhythm

3:24



11:46 PM

Marty Stuart

Porter Wagoner's Grave

Ghost Train

Sugar Hill

4:10



11:50 PM

Larry Stephenson

Teardrop Town

20th Anniversary

Whysper Dream

2:25



11:53 PM

No One You Know

Looking for a Sign

Advance Single

Mountain Fever

2:51



11:57 PM

Jesse Baker

Farewell Blues

Yessir

Patuxent

2:55



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Photos from Laurel Hill S. P. Bluegrass Festival

The festival at Laurel Hill State Park was a huge success this past weekend. Attendance was outstanding on Saturday with near perfect weather. Sunday's crowd was some what reduced due to morning and early afternoon rain,  but there were still enough attending to fill the large circus like tent.

Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers

Allegheny Drifters

Blue Shades w/ guest Ray Bruckman

Mon River Ramblers

Tiger Maple String Band

Laurie Shea & Paradise Ranch

Mountain Therapy w/ guest Ray Bruckman

Sunday's Crowd

Louise Scrugss to Be Inducted into the IBMA Hall of Fame

Many may not be aware of the many accomplishments of Louis Scruggs,. She was a true pioneer in the music business booking and managing Flatt & Scruggs and later the Earl Scruggs Review. Earl recently stated that in the before GPS or even Mapquest, Louise would give him turn by turn directions to their appearances, just one small illustration of her attention to detail.

The Nashville Scene published a detailed article on Louise at the time of her passing in 2006, an excerpt follows.

"A reserved but iron-willed woman who was raising two young sons at the time she began assuming responsibility for Flatt & Scruggs’ business, Louise had been interested in business from her childhood. She wasn’t surprised by the resistance she encountered. “They always wanted to talk to Earl,” she recalled in a 2005 interview with the Scene. “But I would say, ‘No, you have to go through me anyway, so you might as well talk to me now and then we’ll get this settled.’ ” Neither was she daunted by this resistance. Louise’s demonstrable talent for the job led to her taking on growing responsibility for Flatt & Scruggs’ career—and, as she managed their relationship with Columbia Records and took them into promising fields like the folk music revival of the early ’60s, their success. “She was to the business,” says Marty Stuart, “what Lester and Earl were to the music.” Louise was fiercely and justifiably devoted to the reputation of her husband’s banjo innovations as the critical element in bluegrass."

The complete article can be found here - http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/louise-scruggs-1927-2006/Content?oid=1192802

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Laurel Hill bluegrass festival to be held this weekend

Laurel Hill State Park will host its 3rd annual Bluegrass Festival Saturday and Sunday.


Starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, visitors can enjoy bluegrass bands, food vendors, craft areas and reenactor demonstrations.


Laurel Hill State Park Manager Mike Mumau encourages visitors to reserve campsites and enjoy all the park has to offer during the festival weekend.


Mumau said that last year’s festival, which is free to the public, attracted more than 7,500 people.


He hopes to have more than 10,000 visitors at this year’s festival.


“This festival is our signature event,” Mumau said.


Free wagon rides will be offered for the first time from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday.


Four bluegrass bands - the Allegheny Drifters, Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers, Mon River Ramblers and Blue Shades - will perform on Saturday.


Mumau said he anticipates the bluegrass band performances each year.

“I’m a bluegrass fan, so I look forward to the music,” he said.


The Friends of Laurel Hill, a non-profit volunteer group, will answer questions and offer information about volunteer opportunities within the park. Merchandise from the Laurel Hill Outpost Gift Shop will be available to purchase as well as festival t-shirts.


Sunday festival visitors are encouraged to participate in the Mountain Laurel 5K, which kicks off at 9 a.m. and takes participants through the heart of scenic Laurel Hill. Registration will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. at Group Camp #8. More in the Daily American

Snyder Family Band: The family that plays together…

Story and photos by Lindsey Chester.



Cary, NC – In the sultry southern heat of Saturday afternoon, I was blown away by the breath of fresh air known as the Snyder Family Band from Lexington, North Carolina.



The talents of Samantha and Zeb Snyder belied their youth. Samantha, an eleven-year-old violin virtuoso, and her fifteen-year-old brother Zeb, who masterfully played guitar, banjo and mandolin, were so captivating you couldn’t take your eyes off them.



Samantha was a charmer with her long blond hair and her impish grin. Their dad, Bud, who plays bass, was pleased to announce Zeb’s recent win in a mandolin competition and that they were waiting to hear how he fared in a regional guitar contest. A woman I sat next to explained that Samantha had won the previous year for violin in the Youth Category and now competes with the adults.



The two siblings were trained at an early age in the Sukuki method on violin and guitar. Their love of music and their obvious talents led them to form their duo. Laine, their mother, retold how their son thought the band needed a third instrument to complete their sound. So for a surprise birthday gift, the family bought Bud his upright bass. Bud says it was Zeb who actually taught him to play.Full story.

2110 IBMA Awards Nominees

THE NOMINEES for the 2010 INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS  MUSIC AWARDS


ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR



v Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper



v Dailey & Vincent



v The Grascals



v The Del McCoury Band



v Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out







VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR



v Blue Highway



v Dailey & Vincent



v The Gibson Brothers



v Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver



v Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out







INSTRUMENTAL GROUP OF THE YEAR



v Blue Highway



v Sam Bush Band



v Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper



v The Infamous Stringdusters



v Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder







MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR



v Jamie Dailey



v Russell Moore



v Tim O’Brien



v Junior Sisk



v Dan Tyminski







FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR



v Dale Ann Bradley



v Sonya Isaacs



v Alison Krauss



v Patty Loveless



v Claire Lynch







ALBUM OF THE YEAR



Recording Title, Artist(s), Producer(s), Label







v Circles Around Me, Sam Bush (artist & producer), Sugar Hill



v Dailey & Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers, Dailey & Vincent (artists), Jamie Dailey & Darrin Vincent (producers), Cracker Barrel/Rounder



v Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out (artists & producers), Rural Rhythm



v Ring the Bell, The Gibson Brothers (artists and producers), Compass



v The Famous Lefty Flynn’s, The Grascals (artists & producers), Rounder







SONG OF THE YEAR



Song Title, Artist(s), Songwriter(s)







v “Elizabeth,” Dailey & Vincent (artists), Lester James Fortune (songwriter)



v “Hard Rock Mountain Prison (‘Till I Die);” Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out (artists); Ray Edwards, Larry Cox & Terry Foust (songwriters)



v “My Florida Sunshine,” Claire Lynch (artist), Bill Monroe (songwriter)



v “Ring the Bell,” The Gibson Brothers (artists), Chet O’Keefe (songwriter)



v “The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle;” Sam Bush (artist); Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson & Sam Bush (songwriters)







RECORDED EVENT OF THE YEAR



Song Title, Featured Artists, Producer(s), Label





v “Bleeding for a Little Peace of Mind,” Blue Highway featuring Darrell Scott (artists), Blue Highway (producers), Rounder



v “Give This Message to Your Heart,” Larry Stephenson featuring Dailey & Vincent (artists), Ben Surratt & Larry Stephenson (producers), Whysper Dream



v “I’m Blue, I’m Lonesome;” The Grascals with Hank Williams, Jr.; The Grascals (producers); Rounder



v “Talk to Me Lonesome Heart,” Larry Stephenson featuring Connie Smith & Marty Stuart (artists), Ben Surratt & Larry Stephenson (producers), Whysper Dream



v “That’s What Makes You Strong,” Claire Lynch with Jesse Winchester (artists), Claire Lynch (producer), Rounder







GOSPEL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR



Song Title, Artist(s), Songwriter(s), Producer, Label







v “Don’t You Wanna Go to Heaven,” Dailey & Vincent (artists), David Marshall (songwriter), Jamie Dailey & Darrin Vincent (producers), Rounder Records



v “I Just Want to Thank You Lord,” Larry Sparks (artist, producer), Judy Marshall (songwriter), Rural Rhythm



v “Light on My Feet, Ready to Fly;” Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (artists); Corey Hensley (songwriter); Doyle Lawson (producer); Horizon



v “Ring the Bell,” The Gibson Brothers (artists), Chet O’Keefe (songwriter), The Gibson Brothers (producers), Compass



v “The Eastern Gate;” Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out (artists, producers); Isaiah G. Martin (songwriter); Rural Rhythm







INSTRUMENTAL RECORDED PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR



Tune Title, Artist(s), Songwriter, Producer(s), Label







v “Blue Mountain,” Sam Bush (artist, songwriter, producer), Sugar Hill



v “Blue Rock Slide;” The Grascals (artists, producers); Danny Roberts, Kristin Scott Benson & Jeremy Abshire (songwriters); Rounder



v “Cherokee Shuffle,” Josh Williams (artist, producer), Tommy Jackson (songwriter), Pinecastle



v “Durang’s Hornpipe,” Adam Steffey (artist), Public Domain (songwriter), Barry Bales & Gary Paczosa (producers), Sugar Hill



v “Mourning Dove,” Steep Canyon Rangers (artists), Nicholas Sanders (songwriter), Ronnie Bowman (producer), Rebel







EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR



v Balsam Range



v Sierra Hull & Highway 111



v Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass



v Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice



v Josh Williams Band







INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMERS OF THE YEAR



BANJO



v Terry Baucom



v Kristin Scott Benson



v J.D. Crowe



v Sammy Shelor



v Ron Stewart







BASS



v Barry Bales



v Mike Bub



v Missy Raines



v Darrin Vincent



v Marshall Wilborn







FIDDLE



v Jason Carter



v Michael Cleveland



v Stuart Duncan



v Andy Leftwich



v Ron Stewart







DOBRO



v Mike Auldridge



v Jerry Douglas



v Andy Hall



v Rob Ickes



v Randy Kohrs







GUITAR



v Cody Kilby



v Tony Rice



v Kenny Smith



v Bryan Sutton



v Josh Williams







MANDOLIN



v Jesse Brock



v Sam Bush



v Sierra Hull



v Ronnie McCoury



v Adam Steffey







BLUEGRASS EVENT OF THE YEAR



v Pass It On: The 30th Anniversary Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival; St. Cloud, Minnesota



v The 14th Annual Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival; East Hartford, Connecticut



v The Red, White & Bluegrass Festival; Morganton, North Carolina





BLUEGRASS BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR:



v Kyle Cantrell; Sirius XM Satellite Radio; Nashville, Tenn.



v Katy Daley; WAMU’s BluegrassCountry.org; Washington, D.C.



v Chris Jones; Sirius XM Satellite Radio; Nashville, Tenn.







PRINT MEDIA PERSON OF THE YEAR



v Eddie Dean & Dr. Ralph Stanley, authors of Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times (Gotham)



v Derek Halsey, freelance writer for The Herald Dispatch, Gritz magazine and Bluegrass Unlimited



v Larry Nager, freelance writer for Bluegrass Unlimited







LINER NOTES FOR RECORDED PROJECT



v Fred Bartenstein (writer), Singing from the Heart, Dailey & Vincent (artists), Rounder (label)



v Benji Flaming (writer), solo banjo, Benji Flaming (artist), solobanjo.com (label)



v Dr. Ted Olson (writer); Appalachia Music from Home; Ralph Stanley, Jean Ritchie, Dock Boggs, Darrell Scott, Robin & Linda Williams, Blue Highway & More (artists); Lonesome Records (label)







BEST GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR RECORDED PROJECT



v Julie Craig, Cracker Barrel (designer); Dailey & Vincent; Dailey & Vincent Sing the Statler Brothers; Cracker Barrel/Rounder (label)



v Benji Flaming (designer, artist), solo banjo, solobanjo.com (label)



v Bill Womack, Hellos Inc. (designer); Appalachia Music from Home; Ralph Stanley, Jean Ritchie, Dock Boggs, Darrell Scott, Robin & Linda Williams, Blue Highway & More (artists); Lonesome Records (label)







--End of Nominee List—











HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES: John Hartford, Louise Scruggs







DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS: Sherry Boyd, Benjamin F. “Tex” Logan, Lynn Morris, Richard Weize, Pete Wernick

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Contact info for new adds:


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Sidetrack - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sidetrack/112738022102680/ - http://bluegrasswidowmusic.com/

Air Time

Artist Name

Song Title

Album Name

Label

Duration



10:00 PM

Kenny Baker

Jerusalem Ridge (Theme)

Plays Bill Monroe

County

2:00



10:02 PM

Volume Five

Like a Stone

Down in a Cell

Mountain Fever

3:37



10:08 PM

Sidetrack

I Know Whose Tears

Rowdy to Reverent

Bluegrass Widow

4:01



10:13 PM

Bubba Chandler

The Rabbit Song

Somebody to Sing to

Mountain Fever

2:51



10:16 PM

Darrell Webb Band

Act Two

Bloodline

Rural Rhythm

3:24



10:20 PM

Blue Moon Rising

Time to Be Moving On

Strange New World

Rural Rhythm

2:15



10:22 PM

Kathy Kallick

Where Is My Little Cabin Home

Between the Hollow and the Highrise

Live Oak

3:02



10:25 PM

Del McCoury

Sweet Appalachia

Family Circle

McCoury Music

3:41



10:29 PM

Sidetrack

Daybreak in Dixie

Rowdy to Reverent

Mountain Fever

2:20



10:33 PM

Volume Five

Sailing On

Down in a Cell

Mountain Fever

3:25



10:36 PM

Larry Sparks

What Kind of Man

I Just Want to Thank You Lord

Rural Rhythm

2:38



10:39 PM

Rhonda Vincent

When I Travel My Last Mile

Destination Life

Rounder

3;30



10:43 PM

Dailey & Vincent

Farther Along

Singing from the Heart

Rounder

3:14



10:46 PM

Sidetrack

Take Your Shoes off Moses

Rowdy to Reverent

Bluegrass Widow

3:00



10:50 PM

Randy Kohrs

If You Think It's Hot Here

Quicksand

Rural Rhythm

3:30



10:53 PM

Lou Reid

God's Front Porch

Sounds Like Heaven to Me

Rural Rhythm

3:00



10:56 PM

Doyle Lawson

Light on My Feet, Ready to Fly

Light on My Feet, Ready to Fly

Horizon

2:57



11:00 PM

True Bluegrass

With Care from Someone (Theme)

True Bluegrass 1979

True Bluegrass

2:00



11:02 PM

Volume Five

Down in a Mine

Down in a Cell

Mountain Fever

3:18



11:06 PM

Volume Five

Busy City

Down in a Cell

Mountain Fever

2:06



11:09 PM

Volume Five

Home

Down in a Cell

Mountain Fever

3:48



11:14 PM

Volune Five

Ride Ruby Ride

Down in a Cell

Mountain Fever

2:34



11:18 PM

Sidetrack

Friend of the Devil

Rowdy to Reverent

Bluegrass Widow

3:21



11:21 PM

Tim Martin

Nettle's Ridge

Bluegrass Fiddle

Patuxent

3:22



11:24 PM

Ronnie King

Sweet Mary

Free of Guilt

Kindred

3:00



11:27 PM

Bill Emerson

Old Coal Town

Southern

Rural Rhythm

3:00



11:31 PM

Grascals

Last Train to Clarksville

The Famous Lefty Flynn's

Rounder

2:58



11:35 PM

Sidetrack

Don't Be Angry

Rowdy to Reverent

Bluegrass Widow

2:47



11:38 PM

Joe Mullins

Boston Jail

Rambler's Call

Rebel

3:25



11:41 PM

Dierks Bentley

Fiddlin' Around

Up on the Ridge

Capitol Nashvillle

3:08



11:46 PM

Ronnie King

Pretty Little Gypsy

Free of Guilt

Kindred

2:50



11:49 PM

Lonesome River Band

I'm Still Learning

Still Learning

Rural Rhythm

3:24



11:52 PM

Brand New Strings

Law of the Land

No Strings Attached

Rural Rhythm

3:42



11:56 PM

Mountain Therapy

Over rhe Rainbow

Looking Back

Mountain Therapy

3:55



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Laurel Hill State Park Bluegrass Festival This Saturday & Sunday

\Free Admission

Saturday, August 21

11:00am – 8:00pm ~ Food Vendors


1:00 & 3:00pm ~ Children’s Activities

11:00am – 8:00pm ~ Re-enactor Village
Noon – 8pm ~ Bluegrass Music

Noon = Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers

1:00 = Allegheny Drifters

2:00 = Blue Shades

3:00 = Mon River Ramblers

4:00 = Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers

5:00 = Allegheny Drifters

6:00 = Blue Shades

7:00 = Mon River Ramblers
 
 
Sunday, August 22
 
9:00 am Mountain Laurel 5K Run/Walk
 
10am ~ Church Service – Main Stage
 
11:00am – 5:00pm ~ Food Vendors
 
1:00pm ~ Children’s Activities
 
11:00am – 5:00pm ~ Re-enactor Village
 
11am – 5pm ~ Bluegrass Music
 
11am = Tiger Maple String Band
 
Noon = Mountain Therapy
 
1:00 = Paradise Ranch
 
2:00 = Tiger Maple String Band
 
3:00 = Mountain Therapy

4:00 = Paradise Ranch

Check web site for full details - http://www.friendsoflhsp.org/bluegrass.html/
 
 
 

Jerry Douglas and Sharon & Cheryl White to Host 21st International Bluegrass Music Awards

Press Info: Kissy Black, kissyblack@lotosnile.com,
(615) 298-1144

General Info: Nancy Cardwell, nancyc@ibma.org
(615) 256-3222




Nashville, Tenn….Award-winning artists Jerry Douglas and Cheryl & Sharon White of The Whites will co-host the 21th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards on Thursday, September 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium.



Jerry Douglas and The Whites make some of the best music in the world when they perform separately. But dating back to 1979 when Douglas moved to Nashville to join The Whites, they’ve also had a special on-stage chemistry that is rarely matched by any acoustic ensemble. There’s just something uniquely exciting about the combination of those seamless White vocal harmonies laid on top of the instrumental foundation of Cheryl’s acoustic bass, Sharon’s rhythm guitar and Buck’s tasty mandolin and piano licks, with those exquisite, otherworldly “Flux” resophonic guitar riffs weaving in and out of the aural tapestry.





The world's most renowned Dobro player, Jerry Douglas undoubtedly ranks amongst the top contemporary stylists in American music. Douglas has garnered 12 GRAMMY® Awards, more than 20 IBMA awards, and he holds the distinction of being named "Musician of the Year" by The Country Music Association three times (2002, 2005, 2007), the Academy of Country Music 11 times and twice by the Americana Music Association (2002, 2003). He was honored as the 2008 Artist in Residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, and in 2004 the National Endowment for The Arts presented Douglas with a National Heritage Fellowship, acknowledging his artistic excellence and contribution to the nation's traditional arts.



As a child growing up in Warren, Ohio, Douglas listened to his father's bluegrass band, a collection of West Virginia coalfield refugees who'd come to work in the steel mills of the Midwest. At eight Jerry's dad took him to a 1963 Flatt & Scruggs concert, where he heard both of the men who put Dobro on the bluegrass map: Brother Oswald Kirby and Uncle Josh Graves. This concert shifted Jerry’s attention from the guitar to the Dobro.



By 1973 Douglas was playing with The Country Gentlemen, and two years later he joined J.D. Crowe and the New South—which also included future stars Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice. In 1976, Douglas and Skaggs co-founded the now-legendary bluegrass combo, Boone Creek. Douglas launched his solo career in 1979 with his LP Fluxology and became a full-time member of The Whites through 1985. By the mid-‘80s Jerry was Nashville's busiest session Dobro player, while continuing his solo recording career. In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s he also recorded critically acclaimed albums with Strength in Numbers, in a trio with Russ Barenberg and Edgar Meyer, and he co-produced and performed on the multi-artist project The Great Dobro Sessions—winning a GRAMMY® for Best Bluegrass Album.



In 1998 Jerry decided to leave session work and Alison Krauss asked him to fill in on a Union Station tour—which led to a full-time spot with the group, touring extensively and playing on a series of platinum-selling albums. Between tours and in recent years while Krauss was on the road with rocker Robert Plant, Jerry has fronted his own band. He’s also spent some time behind the soundboard, producing artists like Krauss, The Del McCoury Band, Maura O’Connell, Jesse Winchester and the Nashville Bluegrass Band, among others, and Jerry is also the Music Co-Director of the popular BBC television series, Transatlantic Sessions.



In addition to his groundbreaking work with the bands mentioned above, Douglas's musical brilliance has graced over 2,000 recordings by such distinguished artists as James Taylor, Paul Simon, Ray Charles, Lyle Lovett, Garth Brooks, Charlie Haden, Earl Scruggs, Phish, Bill Frisell, The Chieftains, and the eight million-plus selling soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou?. In recent months, his collaborations with renowned artist Elvis Costello have taken him on tours across North America and Europe, and last month (July 13) saw the release of the Douglas-produced album Southern Filibuster: A Tribute to Tut Taylor (E1 Music), featuring an all-star cast of Dobro players including Douglas himself, Rob Ickes, Mike Auldridge and others. His latest gig is musical director and score composer of the new movie, Get Low, starring Academy Award-winner Robert Duvall, Golden Globe winner Bill Murray, Academy Award winner Sissy Spacek and Lucas Black—including a new soundtrack CD on the Rounder/Zanuck/SONY Pictures Classics label.



Cheryl and Sharon White’s music story begins in Texas, when their dad, Buck White started his musical career shortly after the end of World War II, working the dance halls and radio shows in a succession of bands. In 1961, looking for a more wholesome environment, The Whites moved to Arkansas. Within weeks Buck and his wife, Pat formed the first version of The Down Home Folks with another local couple, and as Sharon and Cheryl grew up, they joined the band too.



After a positive experience performing at Bill Monroe’s festival in Bean Blossom, Indiana in 1971, The Whites decided it was time to move to Nashville and pursue their music more seriously. The Down Home Folks recorded five albums and toured steadily on the bluegrass festival circuit, and then they were invited to back up Emmylou Harris on her Blue Kentucky Girl album in 1979, also going on the road with her as an opening act. The early 1980s brought The Whites national attention with a succession of top 20 hits including: “You Put the Blue in Me,” “Hangin’ Around,” “Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling” and “Pins and Needles”—the latter produced by Sharon’s husband, Ricky Skaggs. They were invited to become members of the Grand Ole Opry in 1984.



Their contributions to the O, Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack brought The Whites a second round of world-wide media attention, including Album of the Year awards from IBMA and the CMA in 2001 and an Album of the Year GRAMMY® and the Academy of Country Music award in 2002. Live performances and television appearances followed, including the popular “Down from the Mountain” multiple-city tours in 2002 and the “Great High Mountain” package tour the summer of 2004. The Whites received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association in 2006.



In 2007 after blending their voices on the stage of the Opry and in their living rooms for years, The Whites teamed up in the studio for the first time with Ricky Skaggs on Salt of the Earth, which won a GRAMMY® for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album and a Dove Award for Bluegrass Recorded Album of the Year. In 2008 Buck, Sharon and Cheryl White were inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame.



For more information on World of Bluegrass events, go to www.ibma.org, join us on Facebook, or call 888-GET-IBMA. IBMA Award Show tickets are on sale now at the website, and also at the Ryman Auditorium box office in Nashville.

G2 at Bluegrass Legends Concerts, 21 Aug. 2010

Chip and Mike of Bluegrass Legends Concerts at Evanston, Illinois, in the greater Chicago area, announce:
Take the heat off this Saturday with cool bluegrass & lingonberries from the land of the midnight sun! Bluegrass Legends is very proud to present G2 of Sweden... And we're providing the lingonberries! This Saturday, 21 Aug., in the air-conditioned comfort of the American Legion Hall in Evanston. Doors open at 7.00, music at 8.00 p.m.

What? Swedish bluegrass???

After WWII, magic happened when Armed Forces Radio broadcasts of American country and bluegrass music hit eardrums of Swedish fiddlers. Suddenly, the fiddlers of Sweden were energized with the mountain sounds of Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, and others. As Sweden already had an established folk music festival scene, traditional Swedish folkies found themselves succumbing to alien tempos, mountain scales, and bluesy harmonies. In the early 1960s, the jammers at folk music festivals splintered into new factions and the first generation of Swedish bluegrass pickers was born.

Full story in The European Bluegrass Blog

Houston Drive keeps friend's spirit alive at Old Fiddler's Convention

For the members of one band, this year's competition meant much more than bluegrass bragging rights.

By Joe Dashiell Reporter

GALAX, Va. — Winning means something at the Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax.


Considering the event's 75-year history, and the number of contestants who cross the stage, a first-place finish there is special. But for one band, this year's competition meant much more than bluegrass bragging rights.

If members of the band Broken Wire had decided not to play the Old Fiddler's Convention this year, no one would have been surprised. Just three months have passed since their bandmate, 18-year-old Houston Caldwell, was killed in a motorcycle accident.

"It's been very hard to go through this, but I think it's something he would have wanted," says Courtney Burroughs.

So there they were, with Houston's parents keeping time, practicing for the bluegrass band competition. They were armed with a new name, Houston Drive, and an old friend, Stevie Barr, playing Houston's five-string banjo.Full story.

Bluegrass Returns to Gettysburg

Festival begins Thursday at Granite Hill Camping Resort.

By HEATHER FAULHEFER


The Evening Sun
Posted: 08/15/2010 01:00:00 AM EDT



The best-kept secret of the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival in May came to light during the last performance of the festival.



When Alison Krauss and Union Station with Jerry Douglas took the stage to close out the four-day festival, no one expected legendary flatpicking guitarist Tony Rice to get on stage with them.



And on the heels of his surprise performance, Rice will be returning to the August festival, backed by contemporary bluegrass band, Mountain Heart.



He will join more than 20 bluegrass bands at Granite Hill Camping Resort for more than 40 performances when the 61st Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival kicks off on Thursday.



The music will start at 2 p.m. and run through Sunday, Aug. 22 until 4:45 p.m.



Today marks the traditional "chair drop," when festivalgoers take their lawn chairs to the stage area of the campground and reserve their spot on the grass or under a tent.



Once they're in those seats, they can expect to see great performances from some of the top bands in bluegrass, said Rich Winklemann, who owns the festival and campground with his wife Cyndie.



"There is going to be a slew of fantastic artists," he added.



The audience can expect to see regulars to the festival like Rhonda Vincent and The Rage, the Seldom Scene and Dry Branch Fire Squad, as well as newcomers, like The Dixie Bee-liners and The Hillbilly Gypsies and new configurations of artists like Rice and Mountain Heart and Darin and Brooke Aldridge.

Full story.

Bill Monroe Movie Update

American actor Peter Sarsgaard will star in an upcoming biographical motion picture (biopic) about the “Father of Bluegrass” Bill Monroe, the man who almost single-handedly invented a musical genre, one of very few original American music art forms: 'Bluegrass Music'.


Sarsgaard is a longtime fan of Monroe and will play the lead role. He approached script writer Callie Khouri (Thelma and Louise) about helping to rewrite the first draft of the script. Khouri is wife of musician/producer T Bone Burnett (music producer for the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou”). While the bluegrass biopic is in the early stages of development, the soundtrack is already being produced Read on.

Bluegrass is keeping it about the music

By Adam Hammer • aehammer@stcloudtimes.com • August 12, 2010

RICHMOND — The sounds of bluegrass — from the pickin’ banjo to the wailing fiddle — will resonate through the trees this weekend for the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Music Festival’s 31st annual event at El Rancho Mañana Campground.
Keeping with its tradition of having a theme each year, the four-day festival starting today is dubbed “Bluegrass Resonates In Minnesota” and will pay tribute to an iconic instrument in bluegrass — the resophonic guitar.
If you’re not a guitar player or a bluegrass, country or blues music fanatic, the term resophonic guitar probably doesn’t mean much to you
Even if you’ve never heard the term, chances are you’ve heard the unmistakable metallic-acoustic slide sound, like on Merle Haggard’s 2007 album “The Bluegrass Sessions” featuring Dobro player Rob Ickes. (Resophonic guitars are often referred to as Dobro guitars after the original builders from Czechoslovakia, the Dopyera Brothers. Dobro is now a trademark of Gibson guitars.)
Ickes, a Northern California native with bluegrass roots in North Dakota, is Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Music Festival’s main attraction on Saturday along with his Grammy-nominated band Blue Highway.

The festival is expected to draw about 5,000 people.Full story

The New Pinecastle Records

Columbus, NC - August 11, 2010 - In early February 2010, one of the leading bluegrass recording companies, Pinecastle Records, closed its doors due to an unfortunate series of events. Owner Col. Tom Riggs began to have serious health issues. The Riggs' family made the decision to close the label and focus on the Colonel's health. Artists were caught in limbo and their product was quickly going out of print. A prominent player in the bluegrass industry suddenly went silent.



When a physician, entrepreneur, lover of bluegrass music, and friend of the Riggs' family, Dr. Lonnie Lassiter, heard of Pinecastle closing, he immediately began taking the steps that would ultimately lead to him purchasing the label from the Riggs' family. As of August 1, 2010, Dr. Lassiter took ownership of the company. His first decision was to tap two of the company's former executives, both with around five years of experience with the previous company, to head up the new venture. Ethan Burkhardt was named the company's Vice President of Operations and Matt Hood its Vice President of Public Relations.


Son of Col. Tom Riggs, Cort Riggs sends his wishes:
"Many of you may have met Lonnie at festivals or the IBMA convention with my father and the staff of Pinecastle. He is a fan of our music and plans to continue to expand the catalog with new releases and exciting compilations of the vast Pinecastle catalog. In what I feel is a solid vote of confidence, several of the Pinecastle staff have signed on to help Lonnie grow the label. I am thrilled to see the label in capable hands and look forward to the great music to come!"


Contact information:
Mailing Address:

2881 NC 108 HWY E.

Columbus, NC 28722


Website:

www.pinecastlemusic.com (coming soon)


Email:

Ethan Burkhardt - ethan@pinecastlemusic.com

Matt Hood - matt@pinecastlemusic.com


About Pinecastle Records:

Pinecastle Records has been a key player in the transmission of bluegrass music to the masses for the last 20 years. Orlando, Florida businessman Tom Riggs started the label in 1989 as a favor to a friend who was looking for an outlet for their newly recorded CD. Pinecastle has long developed young artists including Kristin Scott Benson, Terry Eldredge, and Josh Williams and has also been the home to bluegrass legends such as the Osborne Brothers, Jim & Jesse, and Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen. In all, it has released nearly 250 projects.

Traditional Ties, 06/15/10, Playlist

Contact info for new adds:



Darrell Webb Band - http://www.darrellwebbband.com/ - http://ruralrhythm.com/


Bubba Chandler - http://www.bubbachandler.com/ - http://www.mountainfever.com/

Air Time

Artist Name

Song Title

Album Name

Label

Duration



10:00 PM

Kenny Baker

Jersalem Ridge (Theme)

Plays Bill Monroe

County

2:00



10:02 PM

Darrell Webb Band

I'm Bringing Home Good News

Bloodline

Rural Rhythm

2:29



10:06 PM

Bubba Chandler

Last Lonely Eagle

Somebody to Sing to

Mountain Fever

3:49



10:10 PM

Lonesome River Band

High Lonesome

Still Learning

Rural Rhyrhm

3:04



10:13 PM

Ned Crisp & Bottomline

I Got Strips

Taking the Back Roads Home

Blue Circle

3:51



10:18 PM

Claire Lynch

Barbed Wire Boys

Whatcha You Gonna Do

Rounder

3:36



10:22 PM

Adam Steffey

One More for the Road

One More for the Road

Sugar Hill

3:56



10:26 PM

Lou Reid

Amanda Lynn

My Own Set of Rules

Rural Rhyrhm

3:29



10:30 PM

Cullen Galyean

Midnight Ramble

Born into Bluegrass

Mountain Roads

1:50



10:33 PM

Darrell Webb Band

If You Don't Believe the Bible

Bloodline

Rural Rhythm

2:36



10:36 PM

Concession 23

All Prayed Up

Wandering Steps

Concession 23

2:56



10:39 PM

Crowe-Lawson-Williams

Lord I'm Coming Home

Old Friends Get Together

Mountain Home

3:28



10:42 PM

Statement

Around the Corner

Around the Corner

Mountain Fever

4:13



10:47 PM

Gary Waldrep

Thomas

Road Leading Home

Blue Circle

3:01



10:50 PM

Barry Scott

Is That the Lights of Home

In God's Time

Rebel

4:09



10:54 PM

Sweet Potato Pie

This to Shall Pass

Journey Called Life

Mountain Fever

4:17



11:00 PM

True Bluegrass

With Care from Someone

True Bluegrass 1979

True Bluegrass

2:00



11:02 PM

Darrell Webb Band

Bloodline

Bloodline

Rural Rhythm

2:45



11:05 PM

Darrell Webb Band

Act Two

Bloodline

Rural Rhyrhm

3:24



11:09 PM

Darrell Webb band

He Can't Fill My Shoes

Bloodline

Rural Rhythm

2:42



11:13 PM

Darrell Webb Band

Big Black Train

Bloodline

Rural Rhythm

2:47



11:17 PM

Bubba Chandler

Matthew

Somebody to Sing to

Mountain Fever

3:45



11:21 PM

Chris Warner

Bonapart's Retreat

Goin' to the Dance

Patuxent

3:34



11:24 PM

Darin & Brooke Aldridge

Lets' Not Go There

Darin & Brooke Aldridge

Mountain Home

3:35



11:27 PM

Dirty River

Mr. Spaceman

Graveyard Train

Dirty River

3:48



11:34 PM

Bubba Chandler

Somebody to Sing to

Somebody to Sing to

Mountain Fever

4:46



11:39 PM

Rich in Tradition

Now I'm Losing You

Black Mountain Special

Mountain Roads

3;24



11:42 PM

Farewell Drifters

Everyone Is Talking

Yellow Tag Mondays

Heart Squeeze

2:47



11:45 PM

Dale Ann Bradley

Music City Queen

Don't Turn Your Back

Compass

3:43



11:48 PM

No One You Know

Looking for a Sign

Advance CD Single

Mountain Fever

2:51



11:51 PM

Hagar's Mountain Boys

Sweet Summer Dreams

Forever Yours

Mountain Fever

3:25



11:54 PM

Larry Stephenson

The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me

20th Anniversary

Whysper Dream

2:46



11:57 PM

Darren Beachley

Quicksand

Take Off

Patuxent

2:42



JOHN TROUT, WYEP FM, PITTSBURGH, PA. tties91@hotmail.com/

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