The Tenth Annual March Mandolin Festival will be held March 2-4, 2012, at the Concord Community Music School. The festival features Jesse Brock, Claudine Langille, Skip Gorman, and David Surette, with special guests Susie Burke and Baron Collins-Hill. This two-day event offers group lessons, workshops on a variety of topics, jam sessions, and an evening [...]
Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent became the most heralded new act in bluegrass as their debut album Dailey & Vincent (2008) and busy tour schedule introduced them to wildly appreciative audiences. Since then they’ve won countless IBMA awards and are the hottest act in bluegrass today. Jamie Dailey (guitar, bass, lead and harmony vocals) spent [...]
Skip Gorman will be offering a mandolin master class as a part of the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival being held in Framingham, MA on February 18-20th, 2011. This is a rare opportunity to study with one of the most respected “Monroe-style” mandolin players in bluegrass music. Note: Goodtime mandolin player Andy Sicard studied with Skip [...]
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN – A BLUEGRASS SYMPOSIUM Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) has scheduled an academic event on February 6 focused on bluegrass music. The one day seminar is entitled, Fire On The Mountain – A Bluegrass Symposium, and will feature a keynote address and panel discussions including a number of prominent bluegrass musicians and [...]
A couple of opportunities to study bluegrass music locally with professional musicians are happening. Thought we’d help spread the word by writing about it here! 1. Master Classes at Joe Val! Boston Bluegrass Union has announced that once again, master classes will be offered the day that the festival begins, Friday, Feb. 12th. They have [...]
Well, I recently tried to upgrade to WordPress 2.8 and ran into a few snags. I thought I’d share my experience in case it can help someone else! Upon the manual upload of 2.8 files (follow the instructions here) the site looked great, but I couldn’t login to the back-end. It turns out that WP [...]
Mandolin Masters Mike Compton and Skip Gorman come together for an intimate evening at Acoustic Outfitters. Mike Compton, Grammy award winner and former mandolinist with the Nashville Bluegrass Band,is internationally known as a master of the Monroe style technique. Skip Gorman, known for both his Monroe mandolin prowess and traditional fiddle playing, joins Mike on [...]
The Seventh Annual March Mandolin Festival will be held March 6-8, 2009, at the Concord Community Music School in Concord, New Hampshire. This year, the festival features Radim Zenkl, Seth Austen, Skip Gorman, and David Surette. This two-day event offers group lessons, and workshops on a variety of topics, jam sessions, and an evening concert. [...]
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