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The amazing collaboration of rock legend Robert Plant and bluegrass music's diva Alison Krauss seem to be everywhere and they aren't slowing down soon. "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)" up for Grammy Award this Sunday, CMT Crossroads Raising Sand special airs on Monday, a new video has just been shot for the duo's second single "Please Read the Letter", and now, there are Live Appearances at Jazzfest and Bonnaroo Confirmed, More Dates To Be Announced Soon.
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Bluegrass music has always had a loyal, dedicated army of fans. Nowadays, the popularity in MP3 download services has given more people the chance to discover and appreciate this genre. It has ... allowed followers to reappraise almost forgotten songs and artists. The ease at which a Bluegrass MP3 can be accessed, listened to and downloaded has brought the music to a whole new global audience. The availability of Bluegrass CDs and radio airplay is still very limited in large parts of the country and particularly overseas.
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The all new Bluegrass Connection CD Review Litetm presents bluegrass music reviews and some "Close-to-Bluegrass Music" submissions too. The CD Review Litetm objective is to provide you the listener with a quick and easy to understand review that will allow you to decide if the type of music recorded would be to your taste.
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Bluegrass music has it's own distinctive sound. It is usually acoustic (unplugged), and it primarily features the fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, bass and dobro, along with tight-knit harmony singing. Famous bluegrass songs include "Rocky Top", "Fox On The Run", "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", "Man of Constant Sorrow" (from the movie "O Brother Where Art Thou" and "Dueling Banjos" (from the movie "Deliverance") Contemporary bluegrass stars include Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, Dolly Parton, Del McCoury, and Rhonda Vincent. Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Joe Diffie, The Dixie Chicks and Marty Stuart are among the many country artists who began their musical careers in bluegrass.
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For more than three decades, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Telluride Jazz Celebration have been packing Town Park with big names and bigger music. This year might be a record breaker, with both festivals pulling out all the stops for a summer of sweet, sweet music.
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In addition to honoring the bluegrass greats and sharing tunes from Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin, the Osborne Brothers, Jim & Jesse, etc., the boys have ... ventured out and written some of their own original material. Their repertoire includes gospel music and even some rock adaptations, as well. The 5 piece band consists of two sets of brothers: Shane Birtzer on the five string banjo, Clint Birtzer on the flattop guitar, Luke Birtzer on fiddle, Jesse Moravec on mandolin and Ethan Moravec on the upright bass.
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