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Bluegrass Music entry at Wikipedia

Mike Seeger article 'Music of The Southern Appalachian Mountains'

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	"Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways: Volume 1" [2002] Smithsonian/Folkways music CD [4/2002] 25 tracks for $10.99 25 songs by Harley Allen, the Country Gentlemen, Hazel Dickens, the Friendly City Playboys, Cullen Gaylean, Alice Gerrard, Smiley Hobbs, Snuffy Jenkins, David & Billie Ray Johnson, the Johnson Mountain Boys, the Kentuckians (2), the Lilly Brothers, the Lonesome Strangers, Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys (2), Hugh Moore, Nashville Grass, the New Lost City Ramblers, the Stanley Brothers (2), Roni Stoneman, Earl Taylor & Doc Watson (2)
	"The Best of Bluegrass, Volume 1" [2003] Sanctuary remastered music CD [8/2003] for $11.98 12 songs by The Carter Family, Lester Flatt, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Harry McLintock, Bill Monroe, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dolly Parton, the Rice Brothers, Ricky Skaggs, Dr. Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys & Hot Tuna
	"Can't You Hear Me Callin': Bluegrass - 80 Years of American Music" [2004] artists include North Carolina Ramblers, Lester Flatt, Clinch Mountain Boys, The Byrds, Carter Family, Carl Story, Stanley Brothers, Ricky Skaggs, Dixie Chicks & Alison Krauss Sony music CD [9/2004] 109 tracks on 4 disks for $49.98 "Best of..." single disk Sony music CD [11/2004] for $11.98
	"Telluride Bluegrass Festival: Thirty Years" [2005] artists include The Boomchicks, Sam Bush, Kasey Chambers, The Hackensaw Boys, Horses Flies Band, Hot Rize Band, Nickel Creek Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tim O'Brien Band, The String Cheese Incident, The Waifs, Keller Williams & Yonder Mountain String Band Rounder Records music CD [6/2005] 13 tracks for $17.99
	"Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways: Volume 2" [2005] Smithsonian/Folkways music CD [6/2005] 28 tracks for $11.98 28 songs by Harley Allen, Red Allen (2), Chubby Anthony, the Country Gentlemen, Bob Everhart, the Friendly City Playboys, the Georgia Pals, Alice Gerrard, Half and Half, John Hartford, Clint Howard, David Johnson, Sonny Miller, Bill Monroe, Tom Morgan, Nashville Grass, Bill Price (2), Ola Belle Reed, The Red Clay Rambler, Larry Richardson, Don Stover, Jerry Stuart, Earl Taylor, Doc Watson (2) & Eric Weissberg
	"The Best of Bluegrass, Volume 2" [2006] Sanctuary music CD [4/2006] for $11.98 12 songs by Norman Blake, Flatt & Scruggs, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, New Grass Revival, Mark O'Connor, Dolly Parton, the Rooftop Singers, Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley, the String Cheese Incident & Rhonda Vincent
	"True Bluegrass Essentials" [2006] Rebel Records music CD [9/2006] 20 tracks for $7.98 artists include Red Allen, Kenny Baker, Wilma Lee Cooper, The Country Gentlemen, Bill Emerson, Dave Evans, The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover, Lonesome River Band, Lost and Found, Del McCoury, James Price, Lou Reid, Tony Rice, Curly Seckler & Willis Spears, James Alan Shelton, Karl Shiflett, Kenny & Amanda Smith Band, Ralph Stanley (2), and Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs
	"True Bluegrass Instrumentals" [2007] Rebel Records music CD [10/2007] 20 tracks for $7.98 artists include Jimmy Arnold, Kenny Baker, Norman Blake & Red Rector, Curly Ray Cline, J.D. Crowe, Bill Emerson, Josh Graves, Richard Greene, Cody Kilby, James Price, Don Reno & Eddie Adcock, Tony Rice (2), The Seldom Scene, Larry Sparks, The Stanley Brothers, Charlie Waller & Randall Hylton, and Keith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs

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Artists

fiddler Byron Berline
browse music • Double Stop Music Shop in Guthrie, OK • official bandsite

Norman Blake: browse music

The Country Gentlemen band: browse music

The Dillards: browse music

Raymond Fairchild: browse music

Flatt & Scruggs
Essentials • browse music • CMHF page • F&S Pres'vtn Society • Earl's official website

Roscoe Holcomb: browse music

Homer & Jethro: browse music

Alison Krauss: Essentials • browse music • official website • AKUS fansite • KH's fansite

Laurie Lewis: browse music • official website

Lilly Brothers & Don Stover: browse music • Countryworks fansite

Uncle Dave Macon: browse music

'King of Bluegrass' guitarist Jimmy Martin [1927-2005]
browse music • official website • docufilm site • credits at IMDb
http://www.amazon.com/True-Adventures-King-Bluegrass-Martin/dp/0826516807/

Bill Monroe: Essentials • browse music • official website • Blue Grass Boys fansite

Nickel Creek 'newgrass' band [est. 1989]: browse music • official bandsite

Ricky Skaggs: Essentials • browse music • official family website

fiddler Art Stamper [1934-2005]: browse music

The Stanley Brothers
Essentials • browse music • official fan club • biography by John Wright • Ralph on IMDb
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Constant-Sorrow-Life-Times/dp/1592404251/

Rhonda Vincent: browse music

Doc Watson: browse music • MerleFest [est. 1988] • D&B's fansite • FolkLib Index

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Books About Bluegrass Music & Artists

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	"Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of The Old Southern Sound" [1984] by Robert Cantwell popular 'scholarly study of the music and its cultural roots' Univ Illinois Press 9¼x6 pb [10/2002] for $17.05 Da Capo Press 9x6 pb [8/92] out of print/used Univ Illinois Press hardcover [7/84] out of print/used
	"Bluegrass: A History" [1985] by Neil V. Rosenberg focuses on the performers Univ Illinois Press 20th Anniv Edition 9x6 pb [8/2005] for $16.47 Univ Illinois Press 9¼x6 pb [8/93] out of print/used Univ Illinois Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/85] out of print/used
	"Bluegrass Odyssey: A Documentary In Pictures and Words, 1966-86" [2001] by Carl Fleischhauer & Neil V. Rosenberg featuring the Blue Grass Boys, J.D. Crowe, the Dillards, Lester Flatt, the Kentucky Mountain Boys, the Lewis family, Bill Monroe, the New Grass Revival, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Ralph Stanley, the Stoneman family & many more artists & groups Univ Illinois Press 10½x8¾ pb [12/2006] for $16.47 Univ Illinois Press hardcover [3/2001] out of print/used

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Films About Bluegrass Music

	"The Three Pickers: Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs" [2002 TV special] Rounder color DVD [7/2003] for $22.48 Rounder widescreen DVD [7/2003] for $22.48
	"High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music" docufilm [1991] Directed by Andrew Liebman, featuring Bill Monroe Koch/Shanachie DVD [11/98] for $17.98 Koch/Shanachie color VHS [11/94] for $19.98

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Magazines About Bluegrass Music

Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $26.70 magazine website	Intl. Bluegrass Magazine subscribe: 6 issues/year for $80.60 publisher IBMA website	Banjo Newsletter Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $27.95 magazine website
Bluegrass Now Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $38.16 magazine website	Bluegrass Music News subscribe: quarterly for $34.02 publisher SPBGMA website	Inside Bluegrass Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $39.20 magazine website

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Links

Bluegrass Music entry at Wikipedia
iBluegrass website
U.S. Library of Congress American Folklife Center
Bluegrass Music World
The Bluegrass Connection
Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier
Bluegrass / Acoustic Music WebRing
FolkLib Index: Bluegrass & Old-Time Music
Intl. Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro KY
Discover Bluegrass
CyberGrass®: Internet Bluegrass Music Magazine [est. 1992]
Intl. Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY
Fiddler Magazine [est. 1994]
Planet Bluegrass Radio  [ requires Flash ]

Bluegrass Events
Bluegrass Festival Finder
Enchanted Desert Bluegrass Festival in Albuquerque, NM [May 2005 = #1]
Wildlife West Bluegrass Weekends [Summer] in Edgewood, NM
Huck Finn Country & Bluegrass Jubilee [est. 1976; Victorville CA in June]
Telluride [CO] Bluegrass Festival [June 2005 = #32]
Northern Kentucky Bluegrass Festival [July]
Santa Fe [NM] Traditional & Bluegrass Music Festival [Aug 2006 = #32]
Laramie Peak Bluegrass Festival in Douglas, WY [Sept]
Oklahoma Intl. Bluegrass Festival [Sept-Oct 2004 = #9] in Guthrie, OK

Bluegrass Associations

Alabama Bluegrass Music Assn. [est. 1996]
Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Assn. [est. 1975]
Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Assn. of New Jersey
South Carolina Bluegrass & Traditional Music Assn.
Bluegrass Music Assn. of Maine
California Bluegrass Assn.
Southwest Pickers [est. 1981] of New Mexico
Washington Bluegrass Music Assn.
Colorado Bluegrass Music Society
America's Bluegrass Music Assn.
Capitol Area [Washington DC] Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Assn.
Acoustic Instrument Musician's Assn.
Society for Preservation of Bluegrass Music & Hall of Greats

Non-U.S.A. Associations
Scottish Bluegrass Assn.
Bluegrass Music Assn. of Italy
Bluegrass Australia
Finland Bluegrass Music Assn.
Netherlands Bluegrass Music Assn.
Europe Bluegrass Music Assn.
British Bluegrass Music Assn.
Swiss Bluegrass Music Assn.
European World of Bluegrass Assn.

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