According to Billboard:
Vintage previously unreleased performances by Bill Monroe, Mississippi John Hurt, Maybelle Carter, Dock Boggs, Doc Watson and the Stanley Brothers will be heard for the first time on the three-CD set "Friends of Old Time Music," due Sept. 26 via Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
`The much anticipated new CD from Bob Dylan is expected to be released on August 29, 2006. This is his first CD in 5 years.
Chris Thile, one of the all time greatest mandolin players ever, is in the midst of releasing a very much anticipated CD "How To Grow A Woman From the Ground" You can pre-order a copy from the Nickel Creek site. The CD will be released on Sugar Hill Records on September 12, 2006!
I just happen to come across a pretty interesting site witha whole lot of world music facts. You might be very surprised by some of them. I was!
According to The Bluegrass Blog, Tower Records has entered into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. With the emerging popularity of downloads, customers seem to be moving in a direction away from the traditional form of CD shopping..
Mike Harding of BBC has put together a fantastic resource for someone taking an interested in folk music. He lists important facts as well as must have CD's. He also has a great radio show which I would highly recommend!
RootsWorld.com has an interview with Seamus Egan of Solas fame about the reunion album on the occasion of the band's 10-year anniversary.
According to the Country Music Hall of Fame, there will be a free film screening of Hee Haw on August 27, 2006 at 2pm. It will feature footage of Ray Charles and Lynn Anderson from 1970.
The Country Music Hall of Fame is home to Bill Monroe's famed mandolin! According to CMT and Ricky Skaggs, Bill Monroe purchased this Gibson F-5 model for $150 at a Florida barbershop!
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