The Bluegrass Band News

Martin McWhorter reports: Dan Fuchs , one of the best Chicago-based bluegrass dobro players, is going to be in Dublin and Belfast in March playing with the Chicago-based Americana band, the Mudflapps . via The Bluegrass Ireland Blog

The International Songwriting Competition is nearing the announcement date of its winners for 2007. via The Bluegrass Blog

'Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and '47,' from 12-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs and the ace pickers of Kentucky Thunder, is a mix of Bluegrass classics and diamonds in the rough. via The Elements

New Release : Ricky Skaggs Honors the Fathers of Bluegrass Music BMNN wrote: on Feb. via Cybergrass

Virginia-based bluegrass band Nothin' Fancy won the top accolade of the evening during the 34th Annual National SPBGMA Awards when the band was named "Entertaining Group Of The Year" by the organization's ... via Cybergrass

Rounder Records is pleased to announce that its artists garnered 13 awards at the 34th annual Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America Music Awards show held Sunday in Nashville. via Cybergrass

Updated 19 minutes ago Paris Entertainment Series brings local entertainment to the venue Saturday at Paris High School. via Paris Texas

The following are events and activities scheduled on the South Coast in coming weeks. via The World

“Palmer Divide is one of the most dynamic bluegrass bands in the Rocky Mountain area."- Bluegrass Unlimited magazine. "Palmer Divide is thoughtful, well-executed original bluegrass in a world full of regional cover bands. These guys do it right.”

Profile : Colorado's Palmer Divide is a Mountain Bluegrass Band palmerdivide wrote: on Jan. via Cybergrass

The Blackstone Valley Bluegrass Band has announced that their CD is complete!! They are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our shipment of their new 6 panel CD around January 25th 2008. via Cybergrass

“I think I'm about through with music”

IN MY OPINION

At last, there's a book with the whole story.

The story of the Briarhoppers. Thomas and Lucy Warlick of Clover have done an exhaustive job documenting this legendary Carolinas string group that formed in 1934.

'The WBT Briarhoppers: Eight Decades of a Bluegrass Band Made for Radio' is required reading for anyone interested in Southern music and textile culture. And Gaston County played an important role in the Briarhoppers' saga.

My old friends Roy 'Whitey' Grant and Arval Hogan met while working in Gastonia's Firestone Mill in the 1930s. They started making music together locally and joined the cast of the Briarhoppers radio show on WBT in 1941. Read more

Internationally known but locally based, the original hard driving bluegrass band Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising will appear at the Mt. via Salem-News.com

Jim MacArdle of Skillet Lickers Revival reports: 'We are continuing on the next couple of Wednesdays at Sarsfield's, Chord Road, in our mission to make Drogheda safe for bluegrass and old-timey.' ************ ... via The Bluegrass Ireland Blog

“Monroe Crossing, named in honor of the legendary Bill Monroe, plays an upbeat blend of classic and traditional music. They are such a dynamic stage show for the warmth and humor they share along with their amazing music”

GRASSLAND COMMUNITY - Monroe Crossing, a Midwestern band well known by bluegrass fans, comes to Franklin at 7 p.m. Jan. via The Tennessean

“It's just a lot of fun and we have a good time and hopefully we'll come home with some awards.”

Local bluegrass band Highway Home will be heading south to find out if they are among the winners at the 34th annual SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Awards Show. via Newton Daily News

“It's nice because it will be cool for everybody to get to see what Preston and I are doing down at school and there's not a lot of bluegrass around here so it will be awesome for everybody to be able to hear it.”

It's music not heard very often in North Dakota... It's more popular in the south... But two young North Dakotans have a love for it and are trying to boost it's popularity. via KXMB-TV Bismarck

The Alaskan Bearfoot Band perform at 7 p.m. tonight at Saint John's Episcopal Church at 209 Albany Ave. via Daily Freeman

News : You Can Be a Part of Bluegrass Music History BMNN wrote: on Jan. 06, 2008: /Pieter Groenveld, Strictly Country Records/ -- Would you like to be part of bluegrass history, and do something to help the ... via Cybergrass

“My dad would have been so proud”

There's almost always bluegrass music at the Locust Grove Variety Store--every Thursday morning in the back of the store and the first Friday night of the month in the block building out back. via Fredericksburg.com