Bluegrass Jamboree News

 
Electricity Calendar
TriCities.com
GREEN COVE STATION: Green Cove, Va., May 28, 1-3 pm, Sugarloaf Mountain Band, playing old-time and bluegrass. (800) 628-7202. MUSIC ON THE SQUARE: Jonesborough, Courthouse Square, May 25, Tyler Williams (instrumentalist); June 1, Dana and Susan ...

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Everett Lilly, Bluegrass Musician, Dies at 87
New York Times
Everett Lilly, who was largely credited, along with his brother Burt and their band mates Don Stover and Tex Logan, with introducing bluegrass music to New England, died on Tuesday at his home in Clear Creek, W.Va. He was 87.

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It's a Beautiful Bluegrass Zelda Jamboree
Kotaku
Here's Michigander bluegrass duo Frontier Ruckus with a beautiful Zelda medley performed on banjo, melodica, and the common household saw. The two musicians are named David Jones and Zachary Nichols, and while it starts out lovely enough, ...

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Mixing bluegrass music and politics
Capitol Hill Blue
A mandatory stop for all candidates seeking office is the Friday Night Jamboree, a weekly bluegrass music gathering in the small, one-stoplight town of Floyd. Mark Warner visited the Jamboree frequently and also held town meetings at the Floyd Country ...


 
Mayhaw emerges from US swamps as cultivated fruit delicacy
Reuters
El Dorado, a town 100 miles (161 km) south of Little Rock on the Louisiana state line, rolled out the red carpet for the mayhaw at the 20th Annual Mayhaw Festival and Bluegrass Jamboree this weekend. Jay Helm, the festival's chairman, said the event ...

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West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Bluegrass legend Everett Lilly remembered
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Everett and his older brother Bea started their duet in the 1930's on WJLS radio in Beckley and the Wheeling Jamboree. Everett sang and played the mandolin and fiddle while Bea played guitar. The Lillys and Don Stover were neighbors as boys growing up ...

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MET Announces THE ALL NEW GRAND OLE HEE HAW HOOTENANNY HOEDOWN JAMBOREE
Broadway World
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) will present an original ensemble created production for the Fredneck in all of us, The All New Grand Ole Hee Haw Hootenanny Hoedown Jamboree. "The title says it all, the Jamboree is sure to have you busting a gut, ...