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FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN – A BLUEGRASS SYMPOSIUM
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)  has scheduled an academic event on February 6 focused on bluegrass music. The one day seminar is entitled, Fire On The Mountain – A Bluegrass Symposium, and will feature a keynote address and panel discussions including a number of prominent bluegrass musicians and educators. [...]

A couple of opportunities to study bluegrass music locally with professional musicians are happening. Thought we’d help spread the word by writing about it here!
1. Master Classes at Joe Val! Boston Bluegrass Union has announced that once again, master classes will be offered the day that the festival begins, Friday, Feb. 12th.
They have Jimmy [...]

Well, I recently tried to upgrade to Wordpress 2.8 and ran into a few snags. I thought I’d share my experience in case it can help someone else!
Upon the manual upload of 2.8 files (follow the instructions here) the site looked great, but I couldn’t login to the back-end.
It turns out that WP 2.8 [...]

Mandolin Masters Mike Compton and Skip Gorman come together for an intimate evening at Acoustic Outfitters. Mike Compton, Grammy award winner and former mandolinist with the Nashville Bluegrass Band,is internationally known as a master of the Monroe style technique.  Skip Gorman, known for both his Monroe mandolin prowess and traditional fiddle playing, joins Mike on [...]

The Seventh Annual March Mandolin Festival will be held March 6-8, 2009, at the Concord Community Music School in Concord, New Hampshire. This year, the festival features Radim Zenkl, Seth Austen, Skip Gorman, and David Surette. This two-day event offers group lessons, and workshops on a variety of topics, jam sessions, and an evening concert. [...]

On Sunday, January 11th, Fiddler Tommy Peoples will come to the J.P.O Hanlons’s Irish Pub, Ayer to teach a Traditional Irish Music Workshop. from 2:30pm to 4pm .The workshop is open to all traditional irish melody instruments.Workshop fee $25. Following the workshop, Tommy will join guitarist Flynn Cohen on stage for the weekly Sunday [...]

Visit this page to learn about the 2008 New Year’s Eve performance of Amy Black and the Red Clay Rascals in Orange, MA.

The Seventh Annual March Mandolin Festival will be held March 6-8, 2009, at the Concord Community Music School in Concord, New Hampshire. This year, the festival features Radim Zenkl, Seth Austen, Skip Gorman, and David Surette. This two-day event offers group lessons, and workshops on a variety of topics, jam sessions, and an evening concert. [...]