British Bluegrass News #51

British Bluegrass News #51 (winter 2009/10) has been posted out to members of the British Bluegrass Music Association (BBMA), and it's an impressive piece of work - in content, organisation, appearance, and editing.

The bumper winter edition is 44 pages of solid information. The fine Belgian band Sons of Navarone are on the cover and interviewed inside; they've made themselves well known and liked in the UK through a number of visits, and will be touring there again in mid February 2010.

The issue also includes an article on bluegrass in Northern Ireland - more precisely, on the Omagh festival and bands that regularly appear there - by supreme MC Frank Galligan. There's a memoir of the late Terry Holland, whose family band many will remember from the early Dunmore East festivals. And there's much more, presented to a high standard.

This issue is the third to appear with Richard F. Thompson as editor-in-chief. British Bluegrass News is published by the BBMA, which was founded in 1990. To join the BBMA, contact the Membership Team, Clare and David Rozzell, by e-mail. For further information about the BBMA and the e-newsletter, contact Richard F. Thompson, Press Relations, 14 Lime Grove, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, WS13 6ER; 'phone +44 (0)1543 252683; e-mail.