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books on bluegrass music at Amazon.com
browse Bluegrass Music at Amazon
Essential Bluegrass Music category at Amazon

Mike Seeger article 'Music of the Southern Appalachian Mountains'

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	"Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways" Vol. 1: Smithsonian/Folkways audio CD [4/2002] for $10.99 Vol. 2: Smithsonian/Folkways audio CD [6/2005] for $11.98
	"The Best of Bluegrass" Vol. 1: Sanctuary remastered audio CD [8/2003] for $11.98 Vol. 2: Sanctuary audio CD [4/2006] for $11.98

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

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

Rhonda Vincent: browse music

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

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Books, Magazines & Videos

books on bluegrass music at Amazon.com

	"Can't You Hear Me Callin': Bluegrass - 80 Years of American Music" Box Set [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 audio CD [9/2004] 4 disks for $49.98 "Best of..." single disk Sony audio CD [11/2004] for $11.98
	"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

subscribe: 12 issues/year for $26.70 magazine website

subscribe: 6 issues/year for $80.60 publisher IBMA website

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

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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