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27 January 2023
More news of past visitors
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A fortnight ago the BIB reported on the release of a single from Darkest hour , the new album by the Gibson Brothers . Their latest e-newsle...
A video sample of the Special C.
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The multi-award-winning Special Consensus began their current tour in Ireland on Wednesday with two performances in Belfast, and tonight (...
26 January 2023
'BB' Bowness on Deering Live tonight (26 Jan.) (UPDATE)
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The Deering Banjo Company announces that Catherine 'BB' Bowness , banjo-player for Boston's Mile Twelve , will be back for episo...
Kristy Cox wins her sixth Golden Guitar
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The BIB relayed on 17 Jan. the news that award-winning Australian country and bluegrass singer Kristy Cox (right), who toured here with h...
25 January 2023
In-depth old-time workshops at Gainsborough, 10-12 Feb. 2023
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Thanks again to the FOAOTMAD news blog , organ of the UK's national association for old-time music and dance, for full details of the wo...
24 January 2023
Hank Smith shows how to play 'efficiency sweeps'
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Banjo maestro Hank Smith (right) of North Carolina, who took part in the New Year's Day bluegrass jam in Dublin (see the BIB for 3 Jan...
23 January 2023
Ballincollig Winter Music Festival, 24-29 Jan. 2023 - Dirk & Amelia Powell and more
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The BIB has announced for some time now the presence of Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius on the programme of the Ballincollig Winter Mus...
The Yonder Boys in Ireland, 20-29 Jan. 2023
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Thanks to St John's Theatre & Arts Centre , Listowel, Co. Kerry, for making us aware of the current tour in Ireland by The Yonder Bo...
21 January 2023
Assorted goodies
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Compass Records announce that 'For your love', the third single to be issued from the forthcoming album Lovin' of the game by...
20 January 2023
Special Consensus tour in Ireland begins 25 Jan. 2023 (update)
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The leaves have fallen since the photo above was taken, but the appealing prospect of a tour by the multi-award-winning Special Consensus ...
19 January 2023
More detached notes
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Neil Rosenberg , premier historian of bluegrass music, contributes articles to the Bluegrass Situation (BGS) online magazine under the seri...
Adventurous clawhammer
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Dan Walsh of Staffordshire, England, was featured on 'Deering Live' on the Deering Banjos YouTube channel on 10 Sept. 2020, illust...
18 January 2023
Shane Hennessy at the Grand Ole Opry, 16 Mar. 2023
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Carlow guitar maestro Shane Hennessy will be performing in the showcase programme at Folk Alliance International in Kansas City, MO (1-5 ...
Last chances to see We Banjo 3 in 2023
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Galway's We Banjo 3 , originators of Celtgrass, will begin their 2023 winter tour two weeks from now: six dates in the western states o...
'Wayfaring Stranger' - and more - back on BBC4 TV, Fridays
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Thanks again to Des Butler , who first drew our attention five years ago to the three-part TV series 'Wayfaring Stranger', present...
17 January 2023
Assorted news of visitors from 2019
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Among the news of artists who toured Ireland in the twelve months before the pandemic, some news is good and some less welcome. Kristy Cox ...
16 January 2023
Spring 2023: High Plains Tradition back in ireland!
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Thanks to Cahersiveen Mountain Roots Music in Co. Kerry for good news to begin the week: the splendid High Plains Tradition from Colorado...
13 January 2023
JigJam represented on the Late Late tonight (13 Jan. 2023)
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The organising team of this year's TradFest Temple Bar (25-29 Jan.) announce that TradFest will be featured tonight (Fri. 13 Jan.) on ...
12 January 2023
Detached notes (updated)
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Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius, who will tour Ireland later this month The many-talented Tim O'Brien is interviewed on Bluegrass To...
11 January 2023
Michael Miles shows the versatility of clawhammer
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The Deering Banjo Company announce that Michael J. Miles is the featured artist being interviewed (and playing music) tonight on Deering L...
Well of souls
: a special offer for BIB readers
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The BIB editor writes : The BIB first mentioned Kristina R. Gaddy 's new book Well of souls: uncovering the banjo's hidden history...
10 January 2023
Dunmore East festival prepares to go on the road
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... and we mean literally, as far as the image above is concerned. Thanks to Mick Daly , director of the Dunmore East bluegrass festival (...
Gainsborough old-time festival (GB): updates
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Thanks to the FOAOTMAD news blog for the poster image above and the latest information on this year's Gainsborough festival (10-12 Fe...
09 January 2023
Ken Perlman's two new online clawhammer courses begin tomorrow (10 Jan.)
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Ken Perlman , master of 'melodic clawhammer' banjo, sends a reminder that his two new online instruction courses both begin tomorrow...
06 January 2023
'Criffel Creek' and Moniaive Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival
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The FOAOTMAD news blog draws attention to the weekly radio programme 'Criffel Creek', presenting the best of bluegrass, Americana, ...
05 January 2023
JigJam gears up for 2023
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JigJam ( Jamie McKeogh , guitar; Daithi Melia , 5-string banjo; Gavin Strappe , mandolin, tenor banjo; and Danny Hunter , fiddle) send New...
The Local Honeys - coal and luthiery in Kentucky
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The Local Honeys ( Linda Jean Stokley and Montana Hobbs ) from east Kentucky made a big impact at the 13th Westport Folk and Bluegrass Fe...
04 January 2023
Detached notes
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John Lawless reports on Bluegrass Today that next month's Midwinter Bluegrass Festival in Colorado will be the first to be held witho...
Blue Ridge Banjo Camp Volume 4, 15-20 Aug. 2023
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For aspiring banjo players who want to develop their skills among the top rank of musicians and teachers, Mountain Song Productions & B...
The new year
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The cover story of the January 2023 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited is on David Parmley , whose performing career began as a teenage founder-m...
03 January 2023
Wookalily: New Year greetings, and festival concert on 20 Jan. 2023
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Belfast's Wookalily send New Year greetings in their latest e-newsletter , and their message is: With all the strife on planet earth,...
North Carolina comes to Rathmines
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Thanks to Patrick Simpson of the Bluestack Mountain Boys / Dublin Bluegrass Collective , hosts of the weekly Dublin Bluegrass Jam Session a...
31 December 2022
New Year greetings from past visitors
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Thanks to Caleb Klauder and Reeb Wilms (seen above with their Country Band) for their 'Happy New Year to all!' greetings-newslett...
Watery Hill Boys: a new album in preparation
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Thanks to Jim McArdle of the Watery Hill Boys of Drogheda, Co. Louth, for this news: It's been a long time, what with Covid etc., Li...
Eve Morris of FOAOTMAD
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We learn with regret of the death shortly before Christmas of Eve Morris , membership secretary for many years of FOAOTMAD , the UK's as...
29 December 2022
'Brightest and best' from Keith & Kristyn Getty with Ricky Skaggs
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'Ricky Skaggs joins Keith & Kristyn Getty on Confessio ' is the title of John Lawless 's feature on Bluegrass Today, and t...
24 December 2022
Christmas greetings from the BIB
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The Bluegrass Ireland Blog sends best wishes for a joyful, peaceful, and healthy Christmas and a happy, safe , and prosperous New Year to a...
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Greetings from the Dublin Bluegrass Jam
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The Bluestack Mountain Boys / Dublin Bluegrass Collective , hosts of the weekly Dublin Bluegrass Jam Session at Mother Reilly 's, 28-32...
A stocking filler from Bluegrass Today
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John Lawless reports on Bluegrass Today on an intercultural cooperation between Dr Haiqiong Deng (right) and the Bottom Dollar Boys of F...
23 December 2022
Jussi Syten (FI) & the Groundbreakers release single and video
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Very few bluegrass bands from Europe can count on getting A-list US musicians as guests on their recordings, and warmly favourable reviews ...
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