The Bethel Woods Blue Grass Jamboree

July 15th, 2010 by Rob

The Bethel Woods Blue grass Jamboree on August 22nd will be a truly exciting event featuring Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, The Travelin McCoury’s, the latest incarnation of the Del McCoury Band, featuring Dan Tyminski, Rhonda Vincent, and Cherryholmes.
Pavilion Stage
3:00pm Show Time (show ends approx. 9:00pm)
2:00pm Doors

$39.00 and $19.00 Reserved, $15.00 Lawn
Local Appreciation:
$10 – $29 Reserved Seats for Sullivan County Residents at the Box Office with ID*

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is a $100 million outdoor performing arts center and museum located approximately 90 minutes from New York City at the site of the original 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY. The 15,000 seat outdoor performing arts venue and The Museum at Bethel Woods are set within nearly 2,000 bucolic acres.

Please visit Website for more info.

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Randy Kohrs New CD – QUICKSAND

June 22nd, 2010 by Empress

quicksand

2010 Rural Rhythm Records
Produced by Randy Kohrs
Recorded at Slack Key Studio, Nashville, TN


“Quicksand” is another first-class production from Randy Kohrs which includes some excellent accompaniment by artists including Scott Vestal, Mike Sumner, Clay Hess, Bryan Sutton, Tim Crouch, Adam Steffey, Russell Moore and many, many others. This CD includes a powerful mix of contemporary bluegrass, blues, country and gospel.

What stands out in this album are the powerful lyrics especially in the gospel-ish tunes ” If You Think Its Hot Here” and the title-track, “Quicksand”. If you are looking for a traditional-bluegrass CD this is not the album for you, however if you feel like jumping the fence this is just the album for you. With a line-up of pickers, vocalist and song variety this CD leaves you wanting more, so purchase it online or run down to the nearest store and join the rest of us in the “Quicksand.”


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- Rob Lawson, TheBluegrassJournal.com

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Still Time to Register for Dr. Banjo’s Jam Camps!

June 17th, 2010 by Empress

There’s still time to register for Pete’s inaugural Jam Camp in Owensboro, Kentucky at the International Bluegrass Museum, June 21-24! The camp is Monday – Thursday, leading into the ROMP (River Of Music Party) Festival, which will feature Pete & Joan Wernick with Doc Watson, Michael Cleveland, and other bluegrass legends and top talent. And the jam camp group will even get to play a couple songs on-stage!

BULLETIN: As of June 12 there is still space in this camp! Click http://drbanjo.com/camps-owensboroinfo.php for more information and last minute registration.

New to the Jam Camp concept? Pete’s camps are geared to “closet pickers” of all bluegrass instruments. Click here. Only 4 chords (G, C, D, A) needed to participate, soloing and singing are not required, but are taught.

Here are two single-day Basic Bluegrass Jamming Workshops, a chance to work on your jam skills:

Sun. Sep. 19, Santa Monica, CA, at McCabe’s Guitar Shop. Noon-5pm.
Sun. Oct. 17, Carbondale, CO (near Glenwood Spgs), at the Colorado Rocky Mtn School, 1-5pm.

And Pete and Joan’s last Jam Camp of 2010: Fri.-Sun. Dec. 3-5, at The Boulder Inn, Boulder, CO.

Click here to visit the camps page at DrBanjo.com.

P.S. Banjo Pickers! Registration now open for Pete’s 2011 Winter Banjo Camps in Boulder, CO. Click here!

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Frontenac Old Time Country Music Championship

June 16th, 2010 by Rob

Mark your calendar for
Frontenac Old Time Country Music
Championship
July 24th –25th, 2010
Bedford Hall, 1381 Westport Rd.
7 km east of hwy. 38
Show your musical talent – enter the
Singing, Fiddle, Guitar, Banjo & Mandolin Contest
Enter early – Limited Space
Prize Money – Ribbons
New this year – Fiddle & Guitar Workshops
Affordable Family Fun in a down-home atmosphere
Look us up on Facebook
Info: Joan Shepherd – 613.374.5477

Click Here to Email:
Make sure to visit our Website Here

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New Mandolin Instruction Series Available!

May 28th, 2010 by Empress

HM-vol1-2-72DPI

Great to see our local area musicians get some nice attention for their bluegrass skills! Rob Lawson, from the Toledo, Ohio bluegrass scene, has announced his first two volumes in an new mandolin instruction series called Hot Mandolin Licks. He is the hot mandolin player for the band Deepwater Bluegrass as well as his family band, the North End String Band. He has teamed up with Sherri Chekal to produce this first offering from Westvon Publishing.

Rob is also the webmaster for our own BluegrassMusicJams.com website!!! He’s the one that handles all the hundreds of jams here at the site!!! Thanks Rob!!!

Introducing Hot Mandolin Licks Premier Product Offering: Hot Mando Licks Volume 1 & 2
Pick the Licks the Pros Know – An instructional product designed to help spice up improvisational mandolin players.

So often mandolin players are looking for the magic bullet to spice up their playing and will turn to complete tabbed breaks to try and isolate bits and pieces to help brighten up their playing and improvisation. However, it’s difficult to hear the “licks” and isolate them. With the Hot Mandolin Licks series of products, the player will find 50 great licks for their playing, in both tab and audio recordings for a special low price of only $9.99 for a download or $14.99 for each CD and Ebook. No need to spend a fortune and any one of these great licks will really add to the player repertoire of musical licks!

Created by Rob Lawson, an accomplished bluegrass, blues and rock player, these licks are original and ready to please. Each lick is individually recorded and ready for practice sessions to ease them into the player’s arsenal of material. Free sample licks and a free informational newsletter are also available at the site.

There are now three varieties of Hot Licks available for banjo, guitar and mandolin. Fiddle Licks are in the works and due out next as well as more titles for the original three instruments.

The website is ready to provide any additional information that you may need. www.HotMandolinLicks.com


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Youngins’ Bluegrass Jam – Conway, SC

May 25th, 2010 by Rob

Youngins’ Bluegrass Jam June 18, 2010 7:00 PM

If you are a child between the ages of 4-18, or an adult beginner and play an
acoustical instrument, and love Bluegrass Music, you are invited to
come and jam, form your band and pick! Parents must stay with their children.
Fellowship Hall behind Watson Funeral Home
Hwy 378
Conway, SC
For more information, call 843-360-9000
www.redwhitebluegrass.org
Sponsored by Red White & Bluegrass

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Hiwassee Dam Community Center (Fundraiser) Bluegrass Festival and Jam

May 25th, 2010 by Rob

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Murphy NC, Hwy 294.

We will be starting at 8 AM and run till 8 PM or later, on JUNE 19th, 2010.

We have Featured Bands playing, but can fit another in, if anyone is interested, but I wanted to
http://bluegrassmusicjams.com/jamjournal/wp-admin/post-new.phpinvite all who would like to come and JAM outside with us.

We would love to have you.

Contact Info: Dorothy Brady
828-494-7927

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Bluegrass In The Garden

May 25th, 2010 by Rob
Bluegrass In The Garden

Bluegrass In The Garden

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The Copper Cup Coffee House In Bloomington, IN. Is Looking For Musicians

May 25th, 2010 by Rob

The Copper Cup coffee house in Bloomington, In. is looking for musicians to play during the summer on their Coffee house Deck. They are excited about the possibilities and opportunities that this would provide for any musicians.

Please click Here to email if interested.

Thank you

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Acoustic Jam at Grounds For Thought on April 25 – Bowling Green, OH

April 19th, 2010 by Rob

We will be holding our monthly jam session at Grounds For Thought in downtown Bowling Green next Sunday, April 25. While it is an acoustic jam, I am thinking of focusing in on bluegrass and related styles this month. Perhaps more of an uptempo jam of instrumental and vocal tunes? Let me know your thoughts and hope to see you there!

Come on out and support the Bluegrass and Old-Time scene in Northwest Ohio!

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