Bill Monroe News

Tennessee-based bluegrass group Shadow Ridge will perform Saturday at the Alabama Pecan Festival as part of a tribute to bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe.

November 4, 2009 - Finally this hour, reclaiming the legacy of an old-time musician.

The following is an account from Wayne Taylor, describing his tour this past September in England and Scotland with his group, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa .

I regretted not having "Blue Moon of Kentucky" as the soundtrack of my latest journey.

Bluegrass pickers have been making music at the Cassia Community Center for almost two decades.

IE: Is there still passionate debate about what does and doesn't constitute bluegrass ? David Grisman : I imagine so, in some circles at least.

When local DJ and emcee Harold Mitchell was bedridden with rheumatic fever at six years old, the radio kept him company as he listened to the legends on the Grand Ole Opry.

BMNN wrote: on Oct. 19, 2009: The Student Loan is an eclectic four-piece bluegrass/newgrass band originally from Bowling Green, Ohio.

Legacy Recordings, the world's foremost catalog music label, is continuing its on-going digital reissue initiative with a round of classic album titles, from a variety of genres, to be released for the first time in the online digital realm this fall.

Bush is celebrating the release of Circles Around Me , an album that makes a compelling case for his recent Lifetime Achievement award from the Americana Music Association.

Saturday, October 17 at 7:30 p.m., Mildred Owen Concert Hall, 1220 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica, in the building with the colorful mural.

Charlie Poole at his home in Spray, N.C., in 1925. October 12, 2009 - In 1925, North Carolina singer and banjoist Charlie Poole's "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues" sold 102,000 copies, an amazing figure for a so-called hillbilly artist.

Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley has written his memoirs that include stories about performers Bill Monroe, George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Porter Wagoner, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.

It seems like only yesterday that we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of bluegrass music, marked by the first Grand Ole Opry performance in 1946 by the "Original Blue Grass Band:" Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise and Cedric Rainwater .

Kentucky-born Ricky Skaggs performed at the Paramount Arts Center on Thursday. The concert marked the final show in the Kentucky Music Trail series for the season.

He saw immediately that the venue had potential. 'As soon as we walked in I thought I could see Bill Monroe playing in there,' he said, referring to the father of bluegrass.

Audiences can expect an electrifying performance as fourteen-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs takes the stage on October 10th at the RiverPark Center in Owensboro with Kentucky Thunder, eight-time winners of the International Bluegrass Music Association 's 'Instrumental Group of the Year' award.

Skip the frills and fluff - those looking to get out for an old-fashioned good time should not miss Tom Akstens and Neil Rossi in concert at the Indian Lake Theatre on Friday, Oct.

Dailey & Vincent were named IBMA's Entertainer of the Year for the second consecutive year at the 20th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards, held at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 1. The entire band received the Vocal Group of the Year award as well as Gospel Recorded Performance for the song "On the Other ...

The annual IBMA Awards show happened last night in Nashville. Thanks to Karen Byrd Public Relations for sending the list.