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Feature:
MerleFest - The most incredible music festival is of great interest to the visually impaired.
This Month in AcousticNetwork:
MerleFest 2001 More Acts to Play Merlefest
O Brother, Where Art Thou Oh Brother Soundtrack Goes Platimum!
MerleFest 2001 2001 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest
News from The IBMA IBMA Graduates Leadership Bluegrass Class of 2001
Skaggs, The Whites, Ceili Nominated AFIM Indie Music Nominations
Benefit Concert Loudoun County "Bluegrass for Cancer"
Recent News Band and Label Update.
Not So Blue
Sean Watkins The bluegrass community has always been eager to embrace its phenomenal young talent.
From the Archives:
Doc Watson Interview (4/10/00)
Sara Watkins Interview (8/1/00)
Sam Bush CD Review (6/10/98)
Sam Bush Interview (5/20/99)
Tara Nevins Interview (5/20/99)
Memories of MF 99 (5/20/99)
Ricky Skaggs Interview (9/19/99)
John Reischman Review (1/27/00)
Nickel Creek Review (5/5/00)
Dawg Duos Review (1/27/00)
Jim Lauderdale Interview (7/1/00)
Jerry Douglas, Producer (2/2/01)
Mac, Doc & Del Review (12/16/98)
Stacey Earle Interview (8/1/00)
Mike Cross (5/20/99)
Reviews:
Dolly Parton Little Sparrow
Charles Sawtelle Music from Rancho Deville
Interviews:
Rhonda Vincent Rhonda Vincent on Returning to Her Roots
Fan Reviews:
The Dick Smith/Mike O'Reilly Band A Review of the Bands Recent Show in England
Departments:
The Soundman:
The Soundman Sounds Off Definitions as they Apply to Sound Work
Humor:
Bizargrass Slightly Twisted Bluegrass Humor
Inside the Industry: by Gregory E. Seneff, Sr., Esq.
Inside the Industry Royalties for Printed Music
The Down Neck Gazette: By Pat & Patrick Costello
The Down Neck Gazette Interactive Frailing Banjo workshop, this month featuring White House Blues
Reso Roundup: By Matt Nozzolio
Reso Roundup Humorous history of the Flat Wards Guitar
iBanjo News: by Ross Nickerson
iBanjo News Tips for developing the single string banjo method
Vocal Point: by Dede Wyland
Vocal Point Discussing the nature of resonance
The Low End: by Kip Martin
The Low End Kip is currently touring Great Britain playing bass for the Dick Smith/Mike O'Reilly Band.
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Building Your Own Website: by Skip Ogden
Building Your Own Website Building My Website - AcousticNetwork
Friends Gone On:
Obituaries Bluegrass Says Goodbye to Some Of Its Own
Odds and Ends
Congratulations to iBest associate Bob Smiley and family on their new addition - 5 pound 9 ounce baby boy. Ethan Dillon Smiley was born on March 25, 2001. Mother and son are doing fine.
Fiddler Art Stamper is batting throat cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments at the Veterans Hospital in Louisville, KY. He recently had a tracheotomy. A benefit show will be held on April 22nd in Shepherdsville, KY. The concert is being organized by Gary Brewer. If you are interested in helping out or performing please contact Gary via phone at 502-448-9107 or email benefit@brewgrass.com Cards and letters can be sent to Art at:
837 Procter Lane
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Please keep Art in your thoughts and prayers.
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