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Bluegrass Coverfolk: The Joe Val Festival (Covers of Elvis, Waylon Jennings, The Grateful Dead, Steve Goodman, Gospel and more!)

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2008-02-17 21:49:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...bluegrass isn't folk music. Where modern singer-songwriter folk teeters on the edge of pop, rock, and blues, today's bluegrass bands find radioplay on the country end of the dial, if at all. And though there are certainly plenty of crossover alt-country and Americana musicians out there who are welcome at both bluegrass and folk festivals,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Bluegrass? Traditional?

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2008-03-09 22:45:00 by Ed in Old Blue Bus
...bluegrass. You cant get more authentic than bluegrass music is a refrain I hear often. After all, bluegrass is deeply rooted in the music of Appalachia and the Anglo-Celtic heritage that was its foundation. Bluegrass is played on traditional acoustic instruments. The vocals, that high lonesome falsetto and close harmony, are a signature sound...
 
 
 
 
 
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Festival Coverfolk: Grey Fox, July 17-20 (Bluegrass covers of Tom Petty, John Mayer, Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan (x2), and more!)

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2008-06-25 10:42:00 by boyhowdy in Cover Lay Down
...Bluegrass Festival After over thirty years on the same site, for most regular festivalgoers, the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival experience has become intertwined with the landscape of the farm which hosted it, from the steep hill which formed a natural mainstage amphitheater to the even steeper hill which separated the entrance and parking...
 
 
 
 
 
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Telluride Bluegrass Fest | 06.19 - 06.22 | CO

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2008-07-02 12:07:20 by ronpendleton in PlayOrDownload Music News
...Bluegrass Festival :: 06.19.08 - 06.22.08 :: Town Park :: Telluride, CO Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2008 At this point in its illustrious 35-year career, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival can safely be called an institution. The exuberant weeks leading up to the fest, the journey to the idyllic box canyon in the San Juan Range of southwest...
 
 
 
 
 
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I want to like bluegrass. I have failed.

2008-04-10 08:32:14 by rhythmparticiple in Guest Music Bloggers
 
...bluegrass music. I really do. I love the artistry, love the sound of the mandolin. Im impressed by virtuoso playing. I like the melancholia. I love Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, the old farts. I like old country, The Carter Family, even Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn. I want to like whats coming out now. I keep trying, I do. But I keep getting bored I...
 
 
 
 
 
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Smoked Country Jam Bluegrass Festival

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2008-04-10 23:00:00 by Editor in Sonicbids Recently Added Opportunities
...Bluegrass Festival Deadline: Apr 19, 2009 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time Perform at central Pennsylvania's Premier Bluegrass Festival! Smoked Country Jam Bluegrass Festival has the "peaceful, easy feeling" festival experience that resonates on more than 85 acres of mountaintop beauty in the Pennsylvania Appalachians Located at Karstetter Farm in...
 
 
 
 
 
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RiverCity Bluegrass Festival, Friday-Sunday, Jan. 4-6

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2008-01-02 14:01:53 by CASEY JARMAN in local Cut
BLUEGRASS, ETC.] Now in its fourth year, the RiverCity Bluegrass Festival bills itself as the areas largest and most significant music event. While Musicfest NW organizers might take issue with that description, the bluegrass fest does reside on two stages at the gargantuan Convention Center, and its headlined this year by national names such as...
 
 
 
 
 
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Dan Tyminski Can Turn Any Song Into Great Bluegrass

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2008-06-20 14:57:03 by Eamon McLoughlin in Country Music Blog
...bluegrass time The quality of Dans voice is undeniable, and every time he opens his mouth, you not only hear the song but also all of the great Alison Krauss recordings hes been part of. He sang some great new songs off the record, including Wheels and the Ron Stewart song, I Aint Taking You Back No More. He reminds me of the way Del McCoury...
 
 
 
 
 
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Dan Tyminski Leads Bluegrass Releases This Summer

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2008-06-24 20:09:19 by Craig Shelburne in Country Music Blog
...bluegrass album of the year is The Dan Tyminski Band s Wheels . Hes the guitarist in Alison Krauss & Union Station , and a fantastic singer in his own right. (That was him singing Man of Constant Sorrow in O Brother, Where Art Thou? Hes a featured vocalist on a bunch of Alison Krauss & Union Stations albums as well.) What amazes me the most...