New European Bluegrass Blog

The European Bluegrass Music Association's news service is launching a European Bluegrass Blog, which can be accessed at the EBMA website.

The EBB replaces the EBMA's e-mail newsletter service (which has been in action for the past two years), and will make European bluegrass news much more widely and rapidly available.

The BIB welcomes the EBB, its new sister publication, and takes the opportunity to acknowledge once more the invaluable example and encouragement of their common parent, the original Bluegrass Blog.

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The BIB also has a new brother! A week ago Jer Boon launched ukbluegrass.com. To quote from the Bluegrass Blog:

'ukbluegrass.com aims to provide all the information bluegrass musicians and fans in the UK might need. They plan to post news about gig and festival dates, local jam sessions, reviews, and jamming/performing tips. The site also features a forum intended to build community and help pickers in the UK stay in touch with one another. ukbluegrass.com aims to act as a web portal to link all the existing online information together and help those who wish to find out more about the British bluegrass scene.

'In the interest of promoting bluegrass music in Britain, they are also asking that any US bluegrass acts that are planning a tour in the UK contact them so they can help spread the word about your tour schedule.'

This is an attractive and well designed site with many good features, which will be useful far beyond the UK. We're therefore adding a link to it on the right-hand side of the BIB.