Bill Monroe

Type: Person

Name: Bill Monroe

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

10 Days Out: May 16, 2013

Thursday-Sunday, May 16-19• Molière was a funny guy. And, sure, yeah, he was funny in a 17th century kind of way. But modern humor owes him a debt, and you’d be surprised at how well his plays hold up 400 years later.Among his finest is “Tartuffe,” a ... [Published Yakima Herald Republic - May 17 2013]

Entities: Alan Hovhaness, Billy Joe Shaver, Modest Mussorgsky

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

The cinematic equivalent of a twangy country song

Elise (Veerle Baetens) and Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) are colorful, fringe characters dealing with loss. Photo by Thomas DhanensBY RANIA RICHARDSON | The title, “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” says it all. The Christian hymn and popular country song ... [Published The Villager - May 16 2013]

Entities: Bill Monroe, Tribeca Film Festival, Stem Cell Research

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Semi-annual Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival returns

The 66th semi-annual Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival returns this week.Musicians Mack Woolard, top left, of Ijamsville, Maryland, Bill Coleman, of Dover and Nancy Porambo of Lebanon, have a morning jam session at Granite Hill Campground in Gettysburg on ... [Published EveningSun.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Rhonda Vincent, Tyme, Granite, J. D. Crowe

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Oregon

Columbia sport salmon decision postponed until Monday

Oregon and Washington fish managers on Tuesday postponed until Monday afternoon a decision on when to reopen the Columbia River for sport salmon fishing.Biologists have reduced the predicted size of the 2013 spring run, from 141,000 upriver fish to 107,500 ... [Published Oregonian - May 14 2013]

Entities: Bill Monroe, Biologist, Oregon

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

David Davis

Bluegrass musicians plan June performance in Vermillion

The Vermillion Area Arts Council, in cooperation with The East River & Missouri Valley Bluegrass Music Association is pleased to announce that Bluegrass recording artists David Davis & The Warrior River Boys will be performing in concert on Thursday, ... [Published Vermillion Plain Talk - May 09 2013]

Entities: David Davis, Ray Davis, Bill Monroe

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Bluegrass band comes back to Bloomingdale for more barbecue

Savannah NowLinda SicklerMay 9, 2013 12:33 AM EDTPlaying The Pickin’ Parlor at Randy Wood Guitars in Bloomingdale is a highlight for members of the Grammy-nominated bluegrass band Special Consensus.“We’ve known Randy a long time,” says founder Greg Cahill. ... [Published Savannah Morning News - May 09 2013]

Entities: Bill Monroe, Grammy Awards, Tom T. Hall, Earl Scruggs

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Sweet Sounds Way Out Yonder

I saw the “Yonder Mountain String Band” (Jeff Austin, Ben Kaufmann, Adam Aijala, Dave Johnston) in Missoula recently and it was a delightful, if musically heterodox experience. I’ve been listening to both recorded and live bluegrass for years, and I was ... [Published American Spectator - May 02 2013]

Entities: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Sam Bush, Béla Fleck

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

The language of bluegrass

Peter Rowan is bluegrass music.He learned from the master - Kentucky's Bill Monroe - and has been speaking this American language for 50 years."It's not that bluegrass is such a deep well of its own," said Rowan, who's been drinking from its inspirational ... [Published Recordnet.com - May 02 2013]

Entities: Peter Rowan, Bill Monroe, Dale Hawkins, Johnny Burnette, Jimmy Martin

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Concert supports recovery

Relay for Life is a stunning example of what the caring, compassionate and hard-working people who live in Dawson County can accomplish.The support this community shows for cancer research and cancer survivors is amazing.But do all people with life threatening ... [Published Dawson Community News - May 01 2013]

Entities: Bill Monroe, Obesity, New Life Church

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Lloyd Loar's bluegrass festival set

Canton Daily Ledger - Canton, ILUpdated Apr. 28, 2013 @ 12:00 pm» Social NewsThe annual Lloyd Loar’s Hometown Bluegrass Festival will be held June 28-30, at Marigold Meadows, 1212 N. Cedar Street, Lewistown.Lloyd Loar’s Hometown Bluegrass Festival is ... [Published Canton Daily Ledger - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Lloyd Loar, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Cedar Street Group

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Pinkerton Snapshot

Occupation: Sign-maker, specializing in hand-made, hand-painted wooden signs. His business — Acme Signs — is temporarily located at the seasonal fruit stand at the junction of State Route 105 and South Forrest St., between Westport and Grayland. His phone ... [Published Daily World - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Bill Monroe, Shellfish, Fruit

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

GRAY SNEAD MEGGS

, at Richmond County Hospice Haven. She was born July 17, 1930 in Richmond County, a daughter of the late John Monroe and Nell McRae Snead.Mrs. Meggs retired from the Textile Industry and was a member of Cordova Baptist Church where she was a devoted ... [Published Richmond County Daily Journal - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Snead (United States), Bill Monroe, Baptist Church, A. B. Brown, Hospice

Quotes

A: (Bluegrass pioneer and mandolin player) Bill Monroe said something years ago: "if you can learn to play bluegrass, you can play any kind of music." I said, "Yeah, right." I was 16

Fiddles meet violins in pairing of bluegrass, chamber players [Published Individual.com - May 09 2013]

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10 Days Out: May 16, 2013 [Published Yakima Herald Republic - May 17 2013]
The cinematic equivalent of a twangy country song [Published The Villager - May 16 2013]
Skaggs headlining Bluegrass Festival this weekend [Published Claiborne Progress - May 15 2013]
Meet me on Bluegrass Boulevard? [Published Individual.com - May 15 2013]
Semi-annual Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival returns [Published EveningSun.com - May 15 2013]
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Kentucky Opry 25th anniversary gala slated [Published Marshall County Tribune-Courier - May 14 2013]
Bluegrass musicians plan June performance in Ve... [Published Vermillion Plain Talk - May 09 2013]
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GARNET ROGERS in Concert at Baldwin's Station [Published Potomac Patch - May 06 2013]
Bluegrass with appeal and pedigree [Published Medford Mail Tribune - May 03 2013]
Peter Rowan to open winery series [Published Union Democrat - May 03 2013]
McCoury visit touts improvements as sixth annua... [Published Cumberland Times-News - May 03 2013]
Delaney Brothers play May 10 [Published Rome Sentinel - May 03 2013]
The Infamous Stringdusters [Published Medford Mail Tribune - May 02 2013]
Sweet Sounds Way Out Yonder [Published American Spectator - May 02 2013]
The language of bluegrass [Published Recordnet.com - May 02 2013]
It's official: World of Bluegrass event coming ... [Published WNCT - May 01 2013]
Concert supports recovery [Published Dawson Community News - May 01 2013]
Bluegrass concert aids in recovery program [Published Dawson Community News - May 01 2013]
Appalachian Entertainer And Actor Randall Frank... [Published Chattanoogan - Apr 30 2013]
Bluegrass veteran gets ‘little help from his fr... [Published Beckley Register-Herald - Apr 29 2013]
Lloyd Loar's bluegrass festival set [Published Canton Daily Ledger - Apr 28 2013]
Pinkerton Snapshot [Published Daily World - Apr 28 2013]
Bluegrass in the park [Published Sierra Vista Herald - Apr 27 2013]
The Scenic Route: Country Music Highway [Published Trailer Life - Apr 27 2013]