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John Duffey – Larger than life
John Duffey was a big man. His stature, his irrepressible onstage presence and personality, his soaring tenor, his hand-built wing-shaped “duck” mandolin, even his wardrobe choices – everything was...
View ArticleBook Review: Tom Ewing’s Chronicle of Bill Monroe’s Life and Music
The first lines of Tom Ewing’s Bill Monroe – the Life and Music of the Blue Grass Man are instructive: “This book is not necessarily a biography,” he writes. “it is … a chronicle, documenting many...
View ArticleBill Monroe’s Mandolin Sings Again
Bill Monroe’s Lloyd Loar Gibson mandolin rests in a glass case in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. But the sound lives on. And recently this cornerstone of bluegrass music sang again, in...
View ArticleRevival: The Sam Bush Story on video
The Newgrass Revival burst on the scene in the 1970s, playing with energy, enthusiasm and attitude. Many fans remember the first time they heard “Great Balls of Fire” played bluegrass style. Some...
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The Fly Birds take top honors in DCBU competition
The Fly Birds and The Mosely Brothers took top awards at the Mid-Atlantic Bluegrass Band Competition, held on April 7 in Rockville, MD. First place went to The Fly Birds, an “alternative old-timey...
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Remembering John Starling
John Starling’s voice wasn’t what you expected to hear coming off a bluegrass record. There was an edgy, country twang there, but it was distinctive – mellow, smooth, mid-register, accompanied by a...
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IBMA Presents Bluegrass Awards, Hall of Fame
Joe Mullins, Del McCoury, Michael Cleveland, Missy Rains and newcomer Billy Strings were multiple winners in the 30th annual bluegrass music awards presented by the International Bluegrass Music...
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DCBU Instrumental Composition Contest Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition Contest from the DC Bluegrass Union (DCBU). First place went to Chapel Hill Deer Stalk by George Jackson. A New...
View ArticleBluegrass Grammy Award Nominations
Congratulations to the bluegrass artists, songwriters and producers nominated for the 2020 Grammy Awards Nominees for Best Bluegrass Album are: Tall Fiddler – Michael Cleveland Live in Prague, Czech...
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DC Bluegrass Festival Coming March 28
Claire Lynch, Man About a Horse, the Gina Furtado Project and the best mid-Atlantic bands take the stage March 28 at the 2020 DC Bluegrass Festival. A highlight of the event is the Mid-Atlantic...
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Sign up now for the DCBU Band Contest
Tune up the fiddle, rosin up the bow, and enter your band in the DC Bluegrass Union’s annual Mid-Atlantic Bluegrass Band Contest for 2020. The band contest kicks off the DC Bluegrass Festival, March...
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Hazel Dickens Song Contest Winners
“God Leaves the Light On,” a song by David Morris of Gaithersburg, MD, has taken top honors in the Hazel Dickens Song Contest sponsored by the DC Bluegrass Union (DCBU). Morris co-wrote the song with...
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IBMA Bluegrass College Scholarships
Beginning this fall, college scholarships will be available to bluegrass musicians, thanks to new programs from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA).The IBMA Foundation has established...
View ArticleHall of Fame to publish Bluegrass Unlimited
Bluegrass Unlimited, the long time bluegrass music magazine, has been acquired by the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Owensboro, KY. The Museum will continue to publish the...
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Enter the DCBU Instrumental Composition Contest
Do you have a fiddle tune that’s been bouncing around in your head? Or maybe a banjo breakdown waiting for a breakout? The DC Bluegrass Union (DCBU) wants to hear your instrumental compositions, and...
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DCBU Washington Monument Award to Tom Mindte
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IBMA presents 2020 Industry Awards
The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) has presented its 2020 Distinguished Achievement Awards to festival pioneers Norman & Judy Adams, Musicians Against Childhood Cancer (MACC)...
View ArticleIBMA presents 2020 Bluegrass Music Awards
All-star band Sister Sadie took top honors at the 31st annual Bluegrass Music Awards, presented by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA).The quartet of Tina Adair, Dale Ann Bradley, Gena...
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DCBU Instrumental Composition Contest Winners
It’s a mandolin sweep in this year’s Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest from the DC Bluegrass Union. The three top songs feature the mandolin prominently, with a driving bluegrass tune, a moody waltz...
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Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest Winners for 2021
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