Category: Music
Cup O’Joe comprises of brothers Benjamin and Reuben Agnew and sister Tabitha Benedict, all in their twenties, who have who have grown and honed their musical skills as they themselves have grown and matured from their early teenage years as a family band. “In The Parting” is the long awaited, first full-length album coming from […]
12 songs, 12 vintage guitars. Played, mixed and mastered by Ondra Kozak Just now and again something truly extraordinary gets recorded, this CD is one of them; a wonderful work, from master guitarist Ondra Kozak. Ondra is well known all over Europe for his incredible technique and interesting interpretation of tunes, this album is no […]
Ten years ago, on February 17th 2010, The Mandolin Picker’s Guide to Bluegrass improvisation by Jesper Rübner-Petersen was released for the first time. The Book was published by Mel Bay publications and even though it wasn’t a USA made product, the impact on European Bluegrass was enormously. The feedback was overwhelming and the book was […]
Thanks Bluegrass Today and John Lawless for this summary! And the winners are: ++ Instrumental Recording Of The Year ++ Darlin’ Pal(s) Of Mine – Missy Raines with Alison Brown, Mike Bub and @todd Todd Phillips (artists), Alison Brown (producer), Compass Records (label) ++ Gospel Recording Of The Year ++Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout – Claire Lynch (artist), Jerry Salley (producer), Billy Blue Records (label) […]
Last weekend at the La Roche Bluegrass Festival I had the opportunity to meet the European flatpicking legend François Vola. We had a very pleasant conversation and spent some time with picking. François told me about his new CD “Back to Bluegrass” which was recently reviewed by “Bluegrass Today” author Lee Zimmermann (Markus Rapke). A […]
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EBMA is glad to support WORLD BLUEGRASS DAY! The mission Celebrating Bluegrass through exposure, awareness and community involvement throughout the year. Every October 1st is World Bluegrass Day but that doesn’t mean we all don’t celebrate, share and inspire others throughout the year to start listening to Bluegrass music, start playing an instrument or travel […]
(by John Lawless) At a press conference earlier this morning at the SiriusXM studios in Nashville, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the final nominees for the 2019 International Bluegrass Music Awards, along with this year’s Hall Of Fame Inductees and Distinguished Achievement Award recipients. The nominees are selected in a three part process by the professional […]
EBMA is proud to partner the La Roche Bluegrass Festival and is adding to the band competition prize money. €500 to the winning band and €250 each to the 2nd and 3rd place bands Bands in the Competition are: Poa Pratensis (H) Handl (CZ) Jaywalkers (UK) Professional Deformation (CZ) Blueland (SLK) New Aliquot (CZ) The Original Five (SWE) […]
Blaubeuren is located at the foot of the “Schwäbischen Alb” not far from the city of Ulm, Germany. From February the 15th until 17th twenty Bluegrass Musicians from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Italy, Denmark and the USA gathered to do what they desire the most: Playing Bluegrass Music! Who believes that there was a lot […]