http://www.cybergrass.com/ http://www.cybergrass.com/Images/cg-icon.gif http://www.cybergrass.com/ 142 24 Cybergrass Bluegrass Music News en-us Bob Cherry (mailto:website@cybergrass.com) Copyright 2007 CYBERGRASS The Internet Bluegrass Music News Magazine Current Bluegrass Music News 2008-08-27T21:01:52-05:00 daily 4 2007-01-01T12:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5258 The Flatpicker Hangout site was launched today and includes lots of powerful tools to help guitarists learn and get to know each other. Started by Eric Schlange (who started the Banjo Hangout 8 years ago and now also runs the Fiddle and Reso Hangouts), the site has the same familiar features as these hangouts. ... Music News cgadmin 2008-08-27T05:00:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5257 Singer songwriter Donna Ulisse will be performing songs off her current release,"When I Look Back" as well as introducing a few songs from her upcoming release, "Walk This Mountain Down" in a songwriter's round this Friday night, August 29, 2008 at Puckett's Grocery in Leiper's Fork just outside Franklin, TN. ... Event News cgadmin 2008-08-27T04:55:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5256 Marion, VA -- Song of the Mountains is taping another fine concert at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Virginia for national distribution to PBS on Saturday, September 6th at 7:00 pm. "This year we will be offering 22 to 24 new episodes of our concert series to all 190 PBS affiliates across America", states Tim White the executive coordinator for the show. "We are in our fourth season now and we are excited to be doubling our episode count this year." The first three Song of the Mountains seasons offered 12 episodes per year. ... Event News cgadmin 2008-08-27T04:45:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5255 Nashville TN -- Rural Rhythm Records is very proud to announce the first single radio release by Melonie Cannon titled "I Call It Gone." The song is from Melonie's highly anticipated upcoming new album titled, And The Wheels Turn set for release on October 7, 2008. "Melonie is an amazingly gifted and talented individual and we are thrilled to have Melonie as part of our growing Rural Rhythm Records family." ... New Releases cgadmin 2008-08-27T04:50:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5254 The new release by Canadian bluegrass band, Hard Ryde, titled Stages is out. This new album features exciting, fast and hot pickin' as it opens. The hard driving instrumentals work their way throughout the entire album. This latest release keeps the fire from beginning until the last note. ... New Releases cgadmin 2008-08-26T05:00:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5253 by Tina AridasA performance by two of the founding members of the New Lost City Ramblers – the highly influential string band that jump-started the folk music revival in the 1950s – will be one of the highlights of the 11th annual Park Slope Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree. The NLCR's many recordings are available on Smithsonian/Folkways and have influenced musicians including Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch and the Grateful Dead. ... Event News cgadmin 2008-08-26T04:55:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5252 /CMA/ Nashville, TN -- The CMA Songwriters Series returns to Joe's Pub in New York City for another intimate night of songs and storytelling on Tuesday, Sept. 9 (6:30 and 9:30 PM/ET) with special guest Josh Turner during the second show. ... Learning cgadmin 2008-08-26T04:50:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5251 The Starr-Gennett Foundation is pleased to announce the second eleven Gennett Walk of Fame nominees, who were selected by the Foundation's National Advisory Board in February 2008. 2008 Walk of Fame Music Festival and Induction will take place September 5 & 6, 2008 at Whitewater Gorge Park located at 201 S. 1st. Street in Richmond, Indiana. Bluegrass music super star Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers will be performing. ... Music News cgadmin 2008-08-25T05:00:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5250 Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising sent us a note telling us that their progress on their new project is going well. Kathy wrote that "we are WAY ahead of schedule on our new CD Stories Never Told and the group will have a four-song 'sneek peek' recording ready to roll in about a month." ... Music News cgadmin 2008-08-24T05:00:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5249 Sacramento, CA -- Join other banjo pickers at California's first event devoted to the banjo in all its forms October 17-19, The California Banjo Gathering. Attendees are invited to participate in the various workshops, audio visual presentations, banjo history, jam sessions and performances. Banjo enthusiasts including exhibitors, luthiers, collectors and academia are all invited to attend the inaugural event. A concert finale', open to the general public as well as attendees is scheduled Sunday afternoon, October 19 from 2 to 5 p.m. ... Event News cgadmin 2008-08-24T04:55:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5248 FolkWest worked with Town of Pagosa Springs to offer a new satellite camping option on the banks of the San Juan River and at the Reservoir Hill Trailhead. For those that don't know, the San Juan offers some great trout fishing right near the campground. ... Event News cgadmin 2008-08-24T04:50:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5247 Nashville, TN -- Ground-breaking and genre-defying acoustic band Mountain Heart will join iconic southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd for three special shows next month. The shows will take place September 11 – Danville, VA - Carrington Pavilion – 8 p.m., September 12 – Boone, NC – The Holmes Center, Appalachian State University – 8 p.m., and September 13 – Elizabeth City, NC – Coast Guard Support Center – 7 p.m. ... Music News cgadmin 2008-08-23T05:00:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5246 The latest issue of the Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out Summer Newsletter informs us that there is a lot going on with this outstanding bluegrass band. IIIrd Tyme Out will be going into the studio this fall and winter to work on a brand new project, their first studio album in several years. Russell states the band is currently working on material and expects to have the new project ready for release in early to mid 2009. ... Music News cgadmin 2008-08-23T04:55:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5245 Nashville, Tenn. (August 22, 2008) –Star Song Music and Ivey Music International (IMI) are rolling out Bluegrass Worship, 30 worship standards in a 3-CD set arranged and recorded in the classic Bluegrass/Newgrass style by Billboard top-charting producer, Steve Ivey, who has sold well over a million records in his young career . The rare, comprehensive music collection includes some of America’s favorite Sunday morning hymns and worship songs, songs which have become the musical expression of faith for generations. Priced at only $13.99, Bluegrass Worship combines heartfelt harmonies, graceful and intimate melodies with spirited, classic bluegrass instrumentation, offering a truly rare listening experience to Bluegrass fans all over the world. This Summer, Star Song and IMI will roll out all 30 songs digitally in 3 thematic releases: Bluegrass Worship, Bluegrass Hymns and Bluegrass Gospel Songs. ... New Releases cgadmin 2008-08-23T04:50:00-05:00 http://www.cybergrass.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5244 NASHVILLE, TN - Larry Stephenson will bring his highly regarded band with him for a visit to Marion, Virginia's Song of the Mountains live performance venue on Sept 6. The show incorporates both traditional and contemporary performance styles by featuring old-time and bluegrass music from the region's brightest stars. ... Event News cgadmin 2008-08-22T05:00:00-05:00