Teen violin prodigy Sam Weiser is making a name for himself as a musician Nov 17, 2009
But his gifted, often uncannily fast improvisations, seize the day on wide-ranging tunes by Santana, Eddie Palmieri, Pearl Jam s Eddie Vedder, Bill Monroe, and George Shearing. When we were in the studio, Sam played like he d been doing this for decades. (Boston Globe)
James Reed learns to play banjo from a master - all online Nov 8, 2009
Bill Keith, a Boston native who played with Bill Monroe and was part of Cambridge s 60s folk scene, talks about his influential melodic style, while in another conversation, Pete Seeger plays and discusses the banjo s history. Once you select your skill level (beginner, intermediate, or advanced), you have access to a list of videos. (Boston Globe)
Top Entertainment Stories Down-home, foot-stomping music cements relationship of group Nov 3, 2009
Considered the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe described the genre as "Scotch bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin.' It's Methodist and Holiness and Baptist. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound. It's plain music that tells a good story. It's played from my heart to your heart, and it will touch you. Bluegrass is music that matters.". I was reminded of Monroe's words as I left the warmth of the exhibit hall for the rainy, Central Missouri roadways. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
A little Sunday morning on a Friday evening Oct 31, 2009
Josef I m enjoying the Bill Monroe selections ... Bruno thanks, Bill Monroe is one of my cosmic ohm people don t really understand it myself, but there s just a certain peace comes to me when I listen to him. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Then & Now: Gene & Joe mark a return for Warm the Children Oct 6, 2009
Charlton once said, 'come with me, I want you to meet someone,' and we went behind one of the concession stands where some pickers were gathered, and Bill Monroe was sitting there. he said. (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
Steve Martin Wins His First IBMA Aw... Oct 4, 2009
Additionally, Cleveland s band, Flamekeeper, was named Instrumental Group of the Year for the third consecutive year and also nabbed the Instrumental Recorded Performance award for a Bill Monroe classic, Jerusalem Ridge, as Flamekeeper bass player Marshall Wilborn and mandolinist Jesse Brock both received top honors on their respective instruments. Bluegrass Musician Dam Tyminski Takes Home Two IBMA Trophies. (Suite101.com)
After six decades, peoplestill look forward to Comer fair Sep 23, 2009
According to its Web site, the group is influenced by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers, along with more recent acts such as the Lonesome River Band, the Del McCoury Band and Alison Krauss Station. The members are Glen Crain, dobro; Scott Hawkins, banjo; Jeff Hayes, bass and lead vocals; Jeremy McCollum, rhythm guitar; and Trey Ward, mandolin and vocals. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Nashville's Gruhn Guitars Sep 15, 2009
25 million mandolin once owned by Bill Monroe. Animal Instincts Lead to Music. (Suite101.com)
Old-time music born again every Tuesday at Clyde's barn Sep 15, 2009
People swap stories about Bill Monroe and Hank Williams as if they knew them personally, recalling Monroe's prickly temper and Williams' bad back. john. (News & Observer)
Braves surge came a week late Sep 14, 2009
Oh, and happy birthday, Bill Monroe (the bluegrass giant was born this day in 1911) and Irish footballer Keith Treacy. Hank. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Bluegrass, old time music set in Keokuk Sep 10, 2009
World-class bluegrass banjo player Bob Black played for years with the legendary Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys. Bob specializes in playing fiddle tunes on the banjo, which makes him a dangerous adversary when dueling onstage with dual fiddlers. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Sam Bush goes back to his roots Aug 27, 2009
Most of the album features Bush's road band - Scott Vestall (banjo), Stephen Mougin (guitar), Byron Harris (bass) and Chris Brown (drums) - but bluegrass legend Del McCoury steps in to harmonize on a pair of Bill Monroe-penned songs ... "It's kind of like how Bill Monroe would do it," says Bush, who also is proficient on guitar and fiddle ... We can go from Bob Marley to Bill Monroe in a heartbeat. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Carlton couple convertsbarn into music hall Aug 26, 2009
" Drake was a little tired this day. Just more than an hour earlier, he and his wife had returned from a trip to Indiana for the 11th annual Bean Blossom Gospel Jubilee in Brown County, also the host of the annual Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival. "We went up there Thursday and stayed three days," he said. "We went in the mandolin picker's automobile ... We had Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Ernest Tubb," Drake said of Shoal Creek, located in Hart County and operating in the 1950s and '60s as a country... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Valley music scene Aug 22, 2009
Murphy's Irish Pub has the Brother Creek Mountain Boys tonight, Aug. 21, for a night of traditional bluegrass, in the spirit of Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers and features local David Thom on mandolin. Saturday, Aug. 22, brings the skillful picking and the soulful vocals of High Country. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
On the road with Iowa's Bob and Sheila Everhart Jul 29, 2009
"Our Pioneer Music Museum in Anita," says Sheila, "is home to an incredible number of artifacts relative to our pioneer and homesteader music here in Iowa. Bill Monroe, the father of Bluegrass Music, came to Iowa in 1934 to take his first professional music job playing 'live' on the radio in Shenandoah. It was in Shenandoah that he met his future wife, who was from Clarinda. I mention all this because in our Hall of Fame we have the suit Bill Monroe wore on the last performance he gave, which... (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
Music resounds at annual bluegrass festival Jul 26, 2009
But for the hundreds of fans who flocked to the Friedens area for the annual Coleman Station Bluegrass Festival, the sound couldn t be sweeter (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Named American Trains in Folk Music Jul 23, 2009
html), and was made famous by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass. As the name would imply, the was inspired by the train of the same name. (Suite101.com)
Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman will continue through July 30 Jul 15, 2009
The marker commemorates a seminal moment in music history on the Ryman stage on a Saturday Night in 1945 when a young man named Earl Scruggs joined Bill Monroe and his band, including Lester Flatt, on the Ryman stage. When Scruggs stepped up to the WSM microphone and played his five-string banjo with his innovative three-finger roll, bluegrass music as we know it today was born. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
The Fox is back Jul 11, 2009
The term bluegrass arose from the name of Grand Old Opry star Bill Monroe s band, The Bluegrass Boys, and was first used in print in the 1950s. A resurgence of the music occurred in 2001 with Carter Burwell s soundtrack to the Coen Brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Montgomery Gentry headlines 2009 Countryfest Jul 10, 2009
The area is no stranger to country music, with artists as diverse as Bill Monroe, Wynonna Judd and the Kentucky Headhunters having roots in the Bluegrass State. "Kentucky has a lot of history in country music," Gentry says. (Albany Times Union)
Elvis was in the building Jul 9, 2009
After the war, Bill's first professional country/bluegrass music job was with the "Father of Bluegrass" whom he had listened to so reverently on the Grand Ole Opry, Bill Monroe ... Elvis Presley's record, "Blue Moon of Kentucky," written by Myrick's old boss and mentor, Bill Monroe, showed up on the desk one day at the radio station. (Odessa American, TX)
Bluegrass with bite on tap in Beckwith Park Thursday Jul 2, 2009
"Music critics have found this Kalamazoo-based bluegrass band is not easily classified as strictly traditional or progressive, as these musicians are armed with a polished repertoire of standard tunes, as well as a collection of refreshing and unusual choices as a bluegrass band, said Vickie Phillipson, DDA and Chamber of Commerce program director, who coordinates the 12-week event. Schlitz Creek pulls material from such legends as the Dillards, the Monkees, Bob Seger, Lennon and McCartney,... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Special music on tap Sunday Jun 21, 2009
The repertoire also includes traditional bluegrass standards (songs by Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, Jim and Jesse McReynolds, etc. and songs by artists from other musical genres (such as "Blue Skies" by Irving Berlin). (Niles Star, MI)
Pompeian Olive Oil Introduces Attractive New Packaging - Stronger Shelf Appeal to Capture Greater Market Share - Jun 18, 2009
Bill Monroe, CEO of Pompeian, announced that the olive oil importer is out to capture greater market share with the introduction of new packaging that is designed to dramatically build the brand and differentiate its entire line ... Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) June 18, 2009 -- Bill Monroe, CEO of Pompeian, announced that the olive oil importer is out to capture greater market share with the introduction of new packaging that is designed to dramatically build the brand and differentiate its entire line... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Links to other featured weather-related tunes Jun 17, 2009
by Bill Monroe 5/30/07. by Tom Rush 5/23/07. (USA Today -- Weather)
Chambergrass blooms on the river Jun 4, 2009
I gave him Bill Monroe records to listen to ... The CD, which consists of 16 songs, covers a unique stylistic range spanning the traditional bluegrass of Cripple Creek and Jerusalem Ridge, a Bill Monroe song, to the classical tones of Gavotte, a beautifully realized piece that draws its origins from a French folk dance. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Ringgolds 1890s Days Jamboree Fiddle Contest draws contestants from eight states Jun 3, 2009
Once holding the title of Georgia State Bluegrass Champion, the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame inductee is a former member of Bill Monroe s Blue Grass Boys, Jim and Jesse s Virginia Boys and numerous other groups who as a solo performer often shared his talents for the Grand Ole Opry. Franks currently co-hosts the Grand Master Fiddler Championship in Nashville each year. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)
How ’bout some Southern fried travelin’ music? May 30, 2009
Lester came up with the lick back in the 40 s when he was playing with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass boys ... Lester came up with the lick back in the 40s when he was playing with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass boys. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Rubber Souldiers picks up where Beatles left off May 24, 2009
"I compare my love of the Beatles to my older brother Peter's love of bluegrass and his mentor, Bill Monroe - having that love and wanting to share that with other people," Chris Rowan says. With Rubber Souldiers, "we're honoring the Beatles' music but also making it our own." {sbox. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
MSO goes 'Rez, White & Blue' May 7, 2009
traditional bluegrass from Bill Monroe right to Alison Krauss. " Last year, Babcock, who wasn't then an MSO member, watched Pepsi Pops from Ellison's boat on the water. "This year we're going to have to do like Superman," Ellison says. "I'm going to h 00004000 ave to jump in a phone booth after we play and change to my bathing suit and swim out to my boat and she's going to have to go into the phone booth and turn her fiddle into a violin and go from playing bluegrass right over to the first... (The Clarion-Ledger)
Randall Franks: Low, I will be with you always May 1, 2009
I was working for Bill Monroe and had to change planes four times on a trip across country. Each time I changed, the plane got smaller and smaller and smaller. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)
Who's playing, and where Mar 27, 2009
Murphy's Irish Pub is hopping with local music this weekend with Friday, March 27, bringing bluegrass greats the David Thom band to the "snug." Thom and the gang play traditional bluegrass standards in the vein of Bill Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs, and even use the traditional one-microphone approach on stage. Saturday, March 28, has local favorites the Hellhounds playing Chicago and delta blues. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Strings attached Mar 21, 2009
By the time he was 23, Rowan was playing with the true father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe, as one of his Blue Grass Boys ... "What happened was that Bill Monroe [mandolin] and his brother, Charlie, [guitar] were singing these old duets influenced by Scottish-Irish music," he says ... "When Bill Monroe and his brother broke up, Bill camped out in a state park in Memphis [and his] music began to change at that point. Something began to influence his music - that was the blues. Bill was checking out... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Museum gala to feature music, art Mar 5, 2009
and seeing Bill Monroe and Mac Wiseman and The Lewis Family with Little Roy. " The Blue Dogs released their first album, Music for Dog People , in 1991. Greg Walker joined on drums and percussion in 1993, and David Stewart on electric guitar in 1998 as they went electric country and Southern rock. The band recently released its second DVD, An Evening with the Blue Dogs and Friends . "Hopefully, when we do a show, the audience is energetic and into our music," Mr. Futch said. "That just fuels our... (The Augusta Chronicle)
Simplicity helps tell stories Mar 5, 2009
His subjects range from the very famous (Johnny Cash, Bill Monroe) to figures known almost exclusively within the insular Music City community ... He said a much-discussed portrait of Bill Monroe was taken when the bluegrass legend asked for a shot of him cradling his mandolin ... "Bill Monroe was one of those. That was a photo he asked for, an image he had obviously been carrying around with him. I couldn't have asked for anything better.". (The Augusta Chronicle)
LEE COUNTY NEIGHBORS:RECORD PLAYER Feb 19, 2009
On one shelf is Bill Monroe ... Theres no one artist that I have everything of, he said, but I have more of Elvis and Bill Monroe than anyone else. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Brandenberger shares in Grammy Award with 1975 fiddle selection Feb 14, 2009
was a sociable and well-traveled man, probably the first man to play bluegrass in Japan in the 1940s, and was on friendly terms with prominent bluegrass musicians like Bill Monroe, Kenny Baker and Jimmy Martin. Reader Comments. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Students wish Honest Abe a happy 200th Feb 14, 2009
the president's life was set to bluegrass music in the style of another famous native son, musician Bill Monroe ... the president's life was set to bluegrass music in the style of another famous native son, musician Bill Monroe. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
• Events calendar Feb 13, 2009
With their fresh approach to bluegrass and acoustic music, their repertoire ranges from three-part harmonies evoking the high-lonesome sound of Bill Monroe, to original tunes, and to bluesy songs of Bonnie Raitt and Aretha Franklin. Tickets are 18 for adults and 13 for children, at CSI Fine Arts box office, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 732-6288 or. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Happy 200th, President Lincoln Feb 13, 2009
the president's life was set to bluegrass in the style of another famous native son, musician Bill Monroe. CONNECTION: NEW PENNIES. (USA Today)
Share America: Keeping inspiration alive for tomorrows generations Feb 8, 2009
He is a master of the fiddle, having toured with such bluegrass greats as Bill Monroe, and he is a member of the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame. The scholarships are directed specifically at graduating seniors with interests in Appalachian music as they seek to continue their educations. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Steeling for success Feb 8, 2009
The band started as a side project for the group, comprised of five songwriters and musicians, ranging in age from early 30s into the 50s, who collectively have performed with a Who s Who of rock, pop, country and bluegrass artists from Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Bill Monroe and the Dixie Chicks to Sting, Neil Diamond, Bob Seger and Al Green. As the story goes, mandolinist Mike Henderson and singer/guitarist Chris Stapleton, both writers of mainstream hits, were working up songs at Henderson... (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
