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EWOB 2007 CD: "There is nothing second-rate here. The music and musicianship are top notch and I challenge an American listener to identify these as European."
- David Dugas, Bluegrass Now

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BLUEGRASS MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS:

Austrian Country Music Federation
Bluegrass in Belgium

European Bluegrass Blog
European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA)
European Booking Network
Finnish Bluegrass Music Association (Suomen bluegrass)
International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA, Nashville, Tennessee)
International Bluegrass Music Museum
Scottish Bluegrass Association
Swiss Bluegrass Music Association

 


BLUEGRASS EVENTS:

Greven Grass Bluegrass Festival, Greven, Germany - June 11 & 12, 2011 

Moniave Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival, Scotland - Sept. 23-25, 2011. Email Paul Lyttle, Artistic Director.

 

RADIO FRIENDS:

These fine programs welcome and play European bluegrass regularly.
Contact them and send your music for airplay!

Bob Mitchell's (USA) "Best of Bluegrass" is always broadcast every Friday 8-10 AM CST (14:00 GMT) & every Sunday 3-5 PM (21:00 GMT) on Radio Bluegrass International. There is no cost and RBI broadcasts Bluegrass music all day long, every day. To send music to Bob, contact him by email at this address. To listen, go to  http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/master.php?pn=rbi 

Eddie Winship, U.K. - "On the Road Again," on Blast1386, the radio station of Thames Valley University, often features European bluegrass and EWOB CDs. Mail to: Eddie Winship, 1 Ledbury Close, Reading RG30 1HZ UK or MP3s to this email address. The show can be heard on www.blast1386.com 

Lynne Butler, U.K. - "Bluegrass Around the World:" Again on http://www.ukcountryradio.com, this is a show that plays music from all four corners of the globe,  concentrating on independant artists that are little-known to the rest of the world. The show airs every other Thursday of the month at 8pm British time and then repeated the next day on a Friday at 4pm British time. Lots of great music so please do join me. Please feel free to contact me by email to send CD's/MP3s. 

Lynne Butler, U.K. - "Butler's Boudoir Bluegrass:" This is a UK and European specific bluegrass radio show on http://www.ukcountryradio.com. The show airs every other Thursday of the at 8pm British time and then repeated the next day on a Friday at 4pm British time. Lots of fun and frolics in the 'boudoir' often with guest joining me in the studio for an interview and the odd trying on of nighties - LOLl! Please feel free to contact me by email to send CD's/MP3s. 

Mike Fitzgerald's (USA) show "Fitzgrass" is live on Fridays from 1pm to 3pm (13-15:00) EDT at www.fcac.org/webr in Fairfax, Virginia. 

Nashville Radio Broadcasting Network

Radio Bluegrass International, from the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky -  RBI broadcasts Bluegrass music all day long, every day. Go to  http://www.bluegrass-museum.org/general/master.php?pn=rbi  

 
MORE COOL LINKS:

All Tabs Tablature
Acoustic Music Backup Band
Bluegrass Lyrics homepage
www.bluegrass.opzijnbest.nl - list of bluegrass info, in English and Dutch
Bluegrass Tymes - list of bluegrass events
Fiddletunes - home of your virtual backup music-buddies! Here you'll find a couple of thousand tunes with sheet music (notes + chords) to play along with. 
FretMentor.com 
The Long Journey

 

LISTEN TO MUSIC NOW!

10 Years of European World of Bluegrass CD

 Click to buy 10 Years of European Bluegrass CD
CD Info

"The festival to end all festivals,
on an outstanding 2-disc set."

The only bluegrass album to make the Top 10 Albums of 2008 for Folk & Bluegrass Radio Airplay!

AWARD WINNERS
European Bluegrass Band 2011

LUCKY LIPS (Norway)

#1 LUCKY LIPS
(Norway)
#2EARLYBIRD STRINGBAND
(Norway)

  #3 TWISTED TIMBER
(Czech Republic)

 
Audience Popularity Awards 2011

ILA AUTO (Norway)

#1 ILA AUTO 
(Norway) 
#2 SUNNY SIDE
(Czech Republic)

#3 BLACKJACK
(Czech Republic)