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Belfast Nashville Annual Songwriters Festival
Nashville Annual Songwriters Festival Held in Belfast go on have some fun
'Dueling banjos' scene
Dueling banjos' scene One of the Banjo Greats
A Traveling Black Hillbilly is a cultural nomad
A Traveling Black Hillbilly is a cultural nomad. Not necessarily black, but soulful in spirit. Bassist, banjo player, multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter. I have performed on all the major television shows with a variety of stars. I have traveled around the world three times. I have also written over 1500 songs. I currently play bass for Vanessa Williams. I also play banjo and 9 string bass with Chuck Rainey. I was born in St. Louis Missouri. My mother’s family moved to Missouri from Chicsaw County, Mississippi. My great grandfather played banjo. My father’s family came from Tennessee. I started out as a clarinet player and moved on to the trumpet. I attended Mississippi Valley State on scholarship. I've been performing music for 34 years. I also teach digital audio engineering. I plan to make a series of instructional dvds.
Banjo for beginners Cripple Creek
Includes: introducing the 5-string banjo to the complete beginner, identification of all the parts, how to tune, basic chord formations, how to read banjo tablature, wearing your picks, 5 roll patterns, and he teaches you to play 4 tunes in complete detail. Tunes include: Cripple Creek, She'll be Comin Round the Mountain, Oh Susannah, and Cumberland Gap (two variations: regular and up-the-neck). (more) (less)
Banjohangout
The Banjo Hangout news and veiws worldwide jammimg on the Banjo
Bluegrass (open-air Ulster American Folk Park)
17th Annual Appalachian & Bluegrass Music Festival 05 September 2008 until 07 September 2008 Join thousands of visitors for Europe's premier bluegrass music event in the stunning setting of the open-air Ulster American Folk Park. Experience the electric atmosphere of a concert in the park or a stroll through the museum for an afternoon of traditional and contemporary bluegrass music as musicians and dancers from all over the world perform to hugely appreciative audiences! International and award winning artists already booked for the 2008 festival include Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass from the USA and the G2 Bluegrass Band from Sweden. Full information on our 2008 event will soon be available at www.bluegrassomagh.com. In the meantime why not check out some of our photographs from last year's festival on the news page of bluegrassomagh.com!
Bluegrass activities in Ireland.
The aim of this site is to coordinate information on Bluegrass activities in Ireland. In order to provide the most up to date information, Links are provided to the websites of Irish Bands, Festivals & Promoters.
Bluegrass Festival 2008
Once a year music pilgrims come from all over the world to listen to authentic bluegrass music. Bands play to ecstatic crowds, spread out comfortably at 6 venues, both indoors and outdoors. There also fine dining, sunbathing, swimming, dancing and jamming all day and night - a Bluegrass picker's paradise A full programme will be available at the pubs and hotels prior to the start of the festival. There is no entry fee and each of the groups play at all of the venues throughout the weekend - and from as early as 12 noon on the Saturday and Sunday.
Bluegrass Omagh
Comprehensive and up-to-date news of bluegrass and old-time music events in Ireland
Earl Scruggs was born and grew up near Shelby, North Carolina in Cleveland County.
The Worlds Best can you say anymore
HCAMP
is your chance to get away for 5 days of nothing but you and your music. Now in its 4th year, HCAMP is known for its experienced teachers and classes that are kept small and tailored to the skill levels and preferences of the students. Alan Munde and Gerald Jones are the banjo instructors for HCAMP 2008, but there are also highly skilled instructors for guitar, fiddle, mandolin, hammered and mountain dulcimer, bass, dobro, harmonica, and voice. This wide variety means you'll have the opportunity to learn how to play with other musicians and instruments during the structured jams. Held on the beautiful Schreiner University campus at Kerrville, TX adjacent to the Guadalupe River, the HCAMP setting is a wonderful place for classes, concerts, and jams.
Men with Banjos and they know how to use them
Men with Banjos and they know how to use them
Mountain Heart is blazing new trails for bluegrass
Once again, Mountain Heart is blazing new trails for bluegrass and acoustic music with the March 5th music video release of the title track from the ROAD THAT NEVER ENDS (The Live Album) on Rural Rhythm Records. This is Mountain Heart’s first music video and was produced by Josh Shilling and directed by Scott Hansen from Renown Studio. AristoMedia will distribute the video to National and Regional music video outlets in addition to their Internet and Closed Circuit panel. Jessica Bilak Porfirio, Manager of Video Marketing & Promotions with the company enthusiastically stated, “We are happy to be working with Rural Rhythm Records and Mountain Heart on this new project. We are looking forward to taking this high energy and well produced music video to our panel of outlets where we anticipate a great response.”
Mountain Rhythm - Dueling Banjos
Mountain Rhythm - Dueling Banjos
Open House Festival
The American roots music scene in particular has exploded into life with a new wave of maverick young bands, who grew up on the likes of Nirvana, AC/DC and the Clash, and who are giving the old music a much needed shot in the arm. Open House bands in this vein, who are finding the punk spirit in the music of the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi Delta, include Seasick Steve, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Hackensaw Boys, the Earl Brothers, the Duhks (pronounced ducks), the Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir and Crooked Still. A hot new addition to this year’s Open House is ChilliFest, a three-day celebration of Cajun and Creole music and food based in the Festival Marquee in Custom House Square. ChilliFest will celebrate all things chilli from Southern Louisiana – including a large and varied food fair, complete with Cajun Café, gourmet food bar, chilli sauces, chilli jams, chilli breads and chilli chips – plus chilli cook-offs, hot chilli pepper eating competitions, food sampling and cookery demonstrations. The highlight will be performances from the undisputed Kings of Cajun music, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, and the young firebrands, the Pine Leaf Boys. Once again Open House is bringing to Belfast some of the finest artists in traditional music, including our Artist-in-Residence, the Grammy award winning Tim O’Brien with Arty McGlynn and John McCusker; Mozaik (featuring Planxty’s Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny); the local band of international standing, At First Light; and Solas, described by the LA times as “the best traditional band in the world”. This year to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the King’s passing, the King’s Head will host, for two nights, a specially commissioned Open House Festival show called Elvis – the Bluegrass Years, bringing you the voice of Elvis with an authentic all-acoustic firecracker Bluegrass band. Kieran Gilmore, festival director, said: “This year’s line-up taps into a pool of music that is undoubtedly the most exciting in the world at the moment. If people like what Bruce Springsteen is doing with American roots music, they will love this year’s Open House Festival. Bringing these bands to Open House is a major coup for the festival. In roots music, this line-up is as good as it gets.”
Pinmonkey is an American country music
Somebody forgot to tell Pinmonkey the music business isn't fun anymore. Operating as though it was 50 years ago, the band got together – believe it or not – simply to have a good time making music. Also like it was another era, Pinmonkey was offered a recording contract the day after RCA Label Group chairman Joe Galante saw the band in a Nashville club. Two months after that, the band was in the studio, and barely six months later, it was on the charts with i
Scottish Bluegrass
The SBA are currently organising a range of concerts and events for 2008 including Guildtown Bluegrass Festival and a new series of Bathgate Bluegrass Academy - check below for details
The band performed over 300 live dates
From the fertile valley of Deer Lick Holler, deep in the heart of Appalachia, comes a sound that is old yet new
They are the Hackensaw Boys—and they are in your town.
You see them in the early hours of the morning walking hotel corridors, or boldly traversing rush hour streets. They are sincere, polite but talkative men with instrument cases. They admire the local scenery and appear unfed. By day they seem incapable of action but at night they step onto a stage and with taut fiddle bows, worn cutlery and dirty strings bring you a focused, vibrant and joyful sound. They are the Hackensaw Boys—and they are in your town.
UK Bluegrass
News and information about the British bluegrass music scene
Ulster-Scots community
Ulster-Scots Online community website
Welcome to the brand new Ulster-Scots Online community website.
THERE are few forums in Northern Ireland that bring together groups as polarised as the Orange Order and the Gaelic Athletic Association. But at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival they will be rubbing shoulders as part of a unified bid to sell the Province as a must-see destination for travelling Americans