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Old Time and Bluegrass Music

My New Mexico friends Bruce Thomson and Wayne Shrubsall recently conducted a workshop dealing with string band music and the differences between old time and bluegrass music. They’ve given me permission to share their notes from this event, which are … Continue reading

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The First Bluegrass Festival

I happened to visit the YouTube.com website today and came across a very special film, made by a Virginia TV station of the world’s first multi-day bluegrass festival at a little township named Fincastle Virginia (near Roanoke). It was produced … Continue reading

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