The Bluegrass BlogNews at the speed of Bluegrass!Olympic spirit - Chinese bluegrass- August 12, 2008 With so much of the world focused this week on the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, it seems fitting that a video of Chinese bluegrass has been posted on YouTube. Here is Mei Han&8217;s Red Chamber picking a solid version of Katy Hill along with John Reischman and the Jaybirds, taken from a concert this ...http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/olympic-spirit-chinese-bluegrass/ Rob Ickes - new CDDVD- August 12, 2008 Blue Highway&8217;s resophonic guitar master Rob Ickes has a new project released this week (88). Contemporary Dobro Artistry is a CDDVD set from Mel Bay Publications that offers both CD audio and DVD video of Rob in a variety of live (in-studio) performance settings. The DVD features Rob playing in duet with Andy Leftwich on mandolin and ...http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/rob-ickes-new-cddvd/ Galax 2008 winners- August 11, 2008 The winners of the 73rd annual Old Fiddler&8217;s Convention in Galax, VA have been posted online. Bands and pickers come each year from far and wide to enjoy the fellowship and jamming, and take a shot at carrying off a Galax trophy. Here are the winners of the Bluegrass Band category. 4 Fret Kord - Chilhowie, VA Cana Ramblers ...http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/galax-2008-winners/ The Best Of Del McCoury- August 11, 2008 Del McCoury has been in the news a lot recently. He&8217;s just released a controversial new CD. He was just announced as the host for this year&8217;s IBMA Awards Show. Now comes news of a new CD by GrooveGrass Records titled The Best Of Del McCoury: The GrooveGrass Years. The CD is a compilation of recordings ...http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/the-best-of-del-mccoury/ Buddy Spicher To Be Saluted- August 11, 2008 The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum&8217;s successful quarterly program series &8216;Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Session Players&8217; returns on Saturday, August 23, with a salute to legendary fiddler Buddy Spicher. The interactive program, hosted by Stringed Instrument Curator Bill Lloyd, will be held in the Museum&8217;s Ford Theater, starting at 1:30pm. The ...http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/buddy-spicher-to-be-saluted/ Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen- August 11, 2008 Our friend Frank Solivan has announced he will be leaving the Navy Band, Country Current, in the spring and turning his attention to his own band. For 5 years Frank has been playing electric guitar, mandolin and fiddle with the Navy Band. It&8217;s a stable, paying gig and it wasn&8217;t an easy decision to make. It ...http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/frank-solivan-dirty-kitchen/ Busking bluegrass in Bologna- August 11, 2008 Were you to find yourself visiting an outdoor arts festival in Italy this summer, would you expect to run up on a bluegrass band If you were in Bologna recently, you might have found Bononia Grass performing on the street for a crowd of appreciative listeners. The guys got some video from the festival, and posted ...http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/busking-bluegrass-in-bologna/ Keishi Shikata passes- August 10, 2008 Bluegrass music isn&8217;t confined any longer to the rolling hills of western Kentucky or the peaks and valleys of Appalachia. It is acknowledged and enjoyed world-wide. One person who has helped to foster interest in the music in the wider sense is the Nashville correspondent for the Japanese language bluegrass music journal, Keishi Shikata. Sadly, we ...http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/keishi-shikata-passes/ Sunday Morning Revelations - Help Is On The Way- August 10, 2008 Richard Thompson offers another of his occasional reviews of recent Gospel bluegrass releases. Doyle Lawson continues the pattern of releasing alternately a secular CD and then a Gospel album. Help Is On The Way is the latest collection of sacred songs and, if you will forgive the phrase, it&8217;s a baptism of fire for the latest ...http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/sunday-morning-revelations-help-is-on-the-way/ Meet Me In St. Louis- August 9, 2008 Earlier this week, Rhonda Vincent &38; The Rage took time out from their busy tour schedule to catch a baseball game in St. Louis. The Cardinals were hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium on Thursday, August 7 when the band stopped in, but lost in part thanks to a home run from ...http://www.thebluegrassblog.com/meet-me-in-st-louis/ |