Andy Bing’s Bluegrass Blog, Week 7 This week’s subject is a 1965 documentary film by David Hoffman with Jonathan Gordon called “Bluegrass Roots.” (Thanks to Bill Walsh for calling this film to my attention.) The film is available on YouTube … Read More
I bet you can relate. Have you been jonesing for a good earful of live music to chase away the 2020 blues? I certainly have. Want proof? I returned a day early from an autumn splendor White Mountains vacation just … Read More
During a downer summer devoid of festivals and pickin’ parties, some of bluegrass’s best artists have released some amazing studio material. This year has continued to be a bummer for the music world: artists from your local favorites to the … Read More
Well, IBMA (the International Bluegrass Music Assoc.) just held their annual Awards Show — “virtually” and completely on-line due to the Covid pandemic. I watched it on a live Facebook link, and listened to it on Sirius/XM Bluegrass Junction. However, … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Kathy Treasure October 2 TRIVIA QUESTION Twenty years ago actor George Clooney starred in the Coen Brothers’ hit movie O Brother Where Art Thou. A key plot point in the movie is when … Read More
Bing’s Bluegrass Blog – Week 6 When Earl Scruggs joined Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in late 1945, he popularized a relatively obscure style of five string banjo playing that had been known primarily in the southeastern United States through … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Paula Moskowitz September 25 TRIVIA QUESTION What did Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs have in common, before they ever joined Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in 1945? They both worked for Bill’s brother … Read More
Bill Monroe’s great mid-1940s band set the standard for bluegrass bands in more ways than one, but perhaps the most basic was the band’s instrumental lineup. The five bluegrass instruments were the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, and bass fiddle. Bill … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winner is Vinny Nugent September 18 TRIVIA QUESTION A young banjo picker wanted very badly to become a Blue Grass Boy/Girl. Another musician who knew Bill Monroe took this young person to a Monroe show … Read More
It’s been a quiet few months for the HVBA but we’re are preparing for what we hope will be a renewed season of concerts and programs in the coming year! To get us ready for the time when we can … Read More