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<title>Bluegrass Radio RSS Feed</title><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/index.html</link><description>Bluegrass News&#x21;</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2009 Bluegrass Radio Network</dc:rights><dc:date>2010-05-01T05:58:47-05:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:52:53 -0600</lastBuildDate><item><title>BRN&#x27;s Top Picks for May</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-05-01T05:58:47-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/7639449358faee15c94f5310519b1774-69.html#unique-entry-id-69</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/7639449358faee15c94f5310519b1774-69.html#unique-entry-id-69</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Select tracks for May (show #0118) include cuts from Cherryholmes, The Infamous Stringdusters, Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac, Ashley Lewis, Sam Bush and the Grascals among others.  


...To listen to Into The Blue in streaming audio, visit our streaming page for a list of affiliates and live streaming broadcast links.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>9th Annual Bluegrass Returns to its Roots This Friday &#x26; Saturday</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2010-04-21T06:59:24-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/f618835128677c59f2910759ee29a024-68.html#unique-entry-id-68</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/f618835128677c59f2910759ee29a024-68.html#unique-entry-id-68</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Crowe and The New South will headline the 9th annual event which was held 7 years at The Executive Inn Rivermont and in 2009 at the RiverPark Center. ...  Ole South Barbeque, bluegrass workshops, showcases, jamming, clogging and more will make this one festival that you will not want to miss!
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Mobile Delvac Teams Up With Award Winning Grascals</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-10-06T08:08:43-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/86b2c58057e3f3f7a25eb80c7732acc8-67.html#unique-entry-id-67</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/86b2c58057e3f3f7a25eb80c7732acc8-67.html#unique-entry-id-67</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The band already has more than 100 events booked in 2010 and will also make several special appearances at Mobil Delvac industry events.


&ldquo;Throughout the more than 80 year history of our Mobil Delvac brand of heavy duty diesel engine oils, we have always strived to find exciting ways to show our appreciation for our customers, who include hardworking truckers, agriculture professionals, construction contractors and landscapers,&rdquo; said Marci Crigger, commercial vehicle lubricants marketing advisor, ExxonMobil Lubricants & Petroleum Specialties Company, a division of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM). 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Steve Martin To Perform At Historic Ryman Auditorium</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-09-24T17:18:13-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/668ad9da2b94f9160e359ea92c842331-66.html#unique-entry-id-66</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/668ad9da2b94f9160e359ea92c842331-66.html#unique-entry-id-66</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The historic Ryman Auditorium will host "An Evening of Bluegrass and Banjo" featuring superstar actor, comedian, musician and songwriter Steve Martin with Steep Canyon Rangers.  


...Tickets to the October 11 concert at the Ryman Auditorium are on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations, the Ryman Box Office, by calling (800) 745-3000 and online at www.ryman.com]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Alison Brown Quartet Opening for Indigo Girls</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-09-21T18:10:57-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/1986f02b9c816c5a9614aa84770309a6-65.html#unique-entry-id-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/1986f02b9c816c5a9614aa84770309a6-65.html#unique-entry-id-65</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Alison Brown has collaborated with Indigo Girls on several albums, including her own 2005 release Stolen Moments (which includes their guest vocal appearance on Paul Simon's "Homeward Bound"), but her appearance on Wednesday night at the Ryman marks the first time that she has opened a show for Indigo Girls.


...The concert will be followed by shows on Friday, September 25 in Knoxville TN at The Bijou Theatre and Tuesday, September 29 in Charleston WV for a taping of Mountain Stage, both with Indigo Girls. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Win A Martin Guitar From the Bluegrass Radio Network</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-09-20T10:51:56-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/80d29009855b122c84a775b043bbc8d4-64.html#unique-entry-id-64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/80d29009855b122c84a775b043bbc8d4-64.html#unique-entry-id-64</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Martin & Co. to offer you a chance to win a beautiful new Martin D-1 guitar complete with hardshell case valued at $1,199.00.  ...  Complete details and the official entry form can be found at http://www.bluegrassradio.com/martind1contest/entryform.html]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Don Rigsby Departing Morehead State University</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-09-19T21:22:39-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/8ceaddf19a45104d38b4b7079dd5501d-63.html#unique-entry-id-63</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/8ceaddf19a45104d38b4b7079dd5501d-63.html#unique-entry-id-63</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[After 8 years as Director of Morehead State University&rsquo;s Kentucky Center for Traditional Music, Don Rigsby will be leaving to pursue his music career full time.  

...A public reception in his honor will be will held on Friday, Sept. 25, at noon at KCTM on Main Street in Morehead, Kentucky.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bluegrass Celebration Returns to Jerusalem Ridge October 1-4</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-09-16T08:17:11-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/88209ac46dc00efb8235b5276e6f2566-62.html#unique-entry-id-62</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/88209ac46dc00efb8235b5276e6f2566-62.html#unique-entry-id-62</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The event was first organized in 2002 by Campbell Mercer and the Bill Monroe Foundation to raise awareness of the Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Music Foundation and the Rosine Project.  

...The festival is held on Jerusalem Ridge, just outside of Rosine, KY., on highway 62 and will run for four full days from October 1st through October 4th, 2009.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>IBMM to Host Bill Monroe Mandolin Camp</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-09-01T17:37:53-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/70128346147bdd56e593d6a6f2111380-61.html#unique-entry-id-61</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/70128346147bdd56e593d6a6f2111380-61.html#unique-entry-id-61</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There are still a few openings, but don't delay, the event has sold out in each of the previous years.  


The museum's goal in hosting the camp is to preserve the unique, historic performance art of Bill Monroe, by teaching his style of mandolin playing and songwriting to a new generation of players.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>American Banjo Museum Coming to Bricktown in Downtown Oklahoma City</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-08-19T09:01:22-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/f41806602279eda857e57fd18814b93a-60.html#unique-entry-id-60</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/f41806602279eda857e57fd18814b93a-60.html#unique-entry-id-60</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Established by Canine's donation of over 60 ornately decorated four-string tenor and plectrum banjos - which were the instruments associated with American popular music during the jazz age of the 1920s and early 30s, the Museum immediately held the distinction of having the largest banjo collection on public display in the world.


...When the relocation takes place, the Museum's new name, American Banjo Museum, will better reflect the its desire to tell the entire story of the banjo's colorful 350 year evolution in America, opposed to its previous exclusive focus on the instruments, artists and music associated with the relatively brief period known as the jazz age.&nbsp; ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Kentucky Bluegrass Music Fest. Set for Sept. 5th</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-08-19T08:42:32-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/6d3dd14e124c6c6eac5144942ed48ad4-59.html#unique-entry-id-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/6d3dd14e124c6c6eac5144942ed48ad4-59.html#unique-entry-id-59</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Local performers from throughout the region will be on hand for a family-friendly event that will also include delicious food, bourbon and brews, the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Vendor Market as well as the kids&rsquo; play area.


This year&rsquo;s headliners are The Dixie-Bee-Liners, who will play on Saturday, September 5th @ 9:30pm and The Hillbenders, who will play on Sunday, September 6th @ 9:30 p.m.  ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Award Winning Bluegrass Fest Offers Free Admission</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-07-19T12:04:11-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/d81b2852b410ed211a8be3a289deb3e1-58.html#unique-entry-id-58</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/d81b2852b410ed211a8be3a289deb3e1-58.html#unique-entry-id-58</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the oldest on-going free Bluegrass festivals in the United States, Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival marks its 24th year in 2009.   

...Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival is the second Henderson festival to be honored by the Southeast Tourism Society this year, joining the W.C. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Build A Banjo&#x2c; Save America</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-05-25T19:57:34-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/602531e8add4d20b5f043251ec075393-57.html#unique-entry-id-57</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/602531e8add4d20b5f043251ec075393-57.html#unique-entry-id-57</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[To raise much needed funds for the industrial arts classes in San Diego regional high schools, Deering Banjo Company, Taylor Guitars and the East County Economic Development Council gathered recently with their local community for an outstanding benefit concert by the Kruger Brothers and Doyle Dykes.


...&ldquo;Not everyone is made to be purely academic, many people work well with their hands and schools need to benefit all kinds of people.&rdquo; commented Jim Oxford of West Hills High School in Santee, CA who was recently given a commendation for his banjo building class
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>NashCamp Announces New Lineup for Summer / Fall Series</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-05-01T04:20:20-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/6e1c3cb92fc4008c7de9348cc4d1f66b-56.html#unique-entry-id-56</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/6e1c3cb92fc4008c7de9348cc4d1f66b-56.html#unique-entry-id-56</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Some of the instructors enlisted so far include: Claire Lynch, Jim Hurst, Missy Raines, Fletcher Bright, Greg Cahill, Roland White, Sonny Osborne, Bill Emerson, Alan Munde, Tom Adams, Charlie Cusman, Bill Evans and others.


This years event will be held at Camp Marymount and promises to continue the tradition of pampering students with gourmet meals, late night jam session under the stars around the campfire and a close connection to top industry talent.  
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ryman Announces Bluegrass Lineup for Summer Series </title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-03-22T14:38:36-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/914ec492846c09de9272b5f994a7c3e0-55.html#unique-entry-id-55</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/914ec492846c09de9272b5f994a7c3e0-55.html#unique-entry-id-55</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The series will run for six weeks through July 30th and will also feature Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain boys, Jim Lauderdale, The Dan Tyminski Band, The Steep Canyon Rangers, The SteelDrivers and Daily & Vincent.


...On a Saturday night in December of 1945, bluegrass music as we know it today was born when a twenty-one year old young man by the name of Earl Scruggs stepped up to the WSM microphone on the Ryman stage playing the five-string banjo with a three-finger roll.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Michael Martin Murphey to Headline &#x22;Bluegrass Returns To Its Roots&#x22;&#xa;</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-03-19T05:17:44-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/828a129df02f5854f4c443855077e726-54.html#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/828a129df02f5854f4c443855077e726-54.html#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In addition, special packages and tours including: IBMM tours, IBMM film presentations, bus tours to Rosine, KY (Bill Monroe's childhood home), workshops, tours of the Owensboro Area Museum of Science and History, lunches and/or dinner at the world renowned Moonlite Bar-BQ, clogging exhibitions, artist meet and greets and other exciting events are on tap.


...For more information or for invidividual ticket and package prices to this year's festival, guests should call the RiverPark Center Box office at 1-877-639-6978 or visit www.riverparkcenter.org. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>BRN Top Picks List 2008</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-01-10T11:52:45-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/7abc512ca252bc3aa35b3df6b833dc0d-53.html#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/7abc512ca252bc3aa35b3df6b833dc0d-53.html#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Comprising songs that saw significant airplay on Into The Blue during the past 12 months, the BRN Top Picks were selected by the BRN staff based on musical performance, songwriting, artistry and technical merit.  

...&bull;	I Don't Think That I Am Going Back To Harlan - Daughters Of Bluegrass (Dale Ann Bradley) 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Dailey &#x26; Vincent In The Studio</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-01-10T11:25:48-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/8b39c7b8d5416737baa7935828aac292-52.html#unique-entry-id-52</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/8b39c7b8d5416737baa7935828aac292-52.html#unique-entry-id-52</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Dailey & Vincent have received nine SPBGMA Bluegrass Music Awards nominations for the awards show to be held on February 15 at the Music City Sheraton in Nashville:&nbsp; Bluegrass Album of the Year (for Dailey & Vincent), Bass Fiddle Performer of the Year (Darrin Vincent), Male Vocalist of the Year/Contemporary (Jamie Dailey), Gospel Group of the Year/Contemporary, Vocal Group of the Year, Bluegrass Band of the Year Overall, Song of the Year ("By the Mark"), Entertaining Group of the Year and Entertainer of the Year (Jamie Dailey). 


...In addition to Entertainer of the Year, they received awards for Vocal Group of the Year, Album of the Year (for Dailey & Vincent), Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year (for "By the Mark"), Emerging Artist of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year (Dailey) and Recorded Event of the Year, for Vincent's participation in the Everett Lilly & Everybody and Their Brother project.&nbsp; ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Steve Martin:  The Crow</title><dc:creator>brn@bluegrassradio.com</dc:creator><category>None</category><dc:date>2009-01-10T11:17:18-06:00</dc:date><link>http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/3a1d1f2be8a07b2b32f67e73a6175d03-51.html#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bluegrassradio.com/news/files/3a1d1f2be8a07b2b32f67e73a6175d03-51.html#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[An album 45 years in the making, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo features special vocal appearances by Mary Black, Vince Gill, Tim O&rsquo;Brien, Dolly Parton and musicians Earl Scruggs, Pete Wernick and Tony Trischka.&nbsp; 

...When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese) is forced to assign Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts. ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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