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Prescription Bluegrass is now available worldwide

Prescription Bluegrass can now be heard every Wednesday beginning at 12 Noon Central Time on RBI, Radio Bluegrass International, a service of the International Bluegrass Museum in Owensboro, KY. This one-hour weekly radio program has been serving bluegrass fans in Northern Arizona for over four years.

Folks who suffer from bluegrass fever need a regular dose of Prescription Bluegrass and now the entire world can get this special treatment – program host, Brian McNeal.

To receive this valuable free treatment, just log on to www.BluegrassMuseum.org and launch the radio player. Treatment is available on RBI every Wednesday at noon USA Central Time.

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The mandolin headstock veneer defaced by Bill Monroe nearly half a century ago sold at auction Dec. 3 for $37,500. Christie’s auction house in New York City had previously estimated that it would sell for between $5,000 and $7,000.

Gabrielle Gray, executive director of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky, was the last bidder to drop out before the piece of bluegrass history was sold. “People at Christie’s were shocked at the price,” she said. “But it’s folklore. It’s one of a kind. It came from the most famous mandolin in the world. It’s at the heart and soul of bluegrass music. It could have sold for $100,000.”

Read the full article in the Victorian Advocate

Article Bill Monroe, International Bluegrass Museum

The International Bluegrass Music Museum is starting an official Bluegrass Museum Ambassadors Program, and are inviting participation from associations across the world  to participate.

They are seeking associations to appoint or elect a person who is willing and enthusiastic about being an Ambassador from their association to the International Bluegrass Music Museum. This Museum Ambassador will work with the Bluegrass Museum on special projects, report news and information for their newsletter, report Museum news back to their association for members and newsletters, encourage Museum membership and donations, encourage donation of bluegrass artifacts to the Museum, and attend a yearly meeting of Ambassadors at ROMP in Owensboro each year. ROMP takes place the 4th weekend of June.

Ambassadors will receive a complimentary IBMM membership, a VIP ROMP pass (which includes VIP access to all events, backstage privileges, meals with Artists/Pioneers), and an Ambassadors t-shirt. The museum will arrange low-cost lodging for the ambassador’s stay at ROMP, getting them in on their artists’ rates. To designate an official Museum Ambassador and send IBMM the following information.

Association name:
Ambassador:
Mailing address:
Phone number:
E-mail address:
T-shirt size: S M L XL 2XL

Please mail this information to the address below or by e-mail to Gabrielle Gray

International Bluegrass Music Museum
Attn: Bluegrass Ambassadors
207 East Second Street
Owensboro, KY 42303

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International Bluegrass Music Museum announces:

Mike Compton has been reappointed as director of his 4th annual Monroe-Style Mandolin Camp to be held from 11th to 13th September 2009,  in Owensboro, Kentucky.

In hosting this camp the International Bluegrass Music Museum aims is to preserve the unique, historic performance art of Bill Monroe, The Father of Bluegrass, by teaching his style of mandolin playing and songwriting to a new generation of players. There is non better qualified than Mike Compton who demonstrated that fact on his recent Australian tour. Indeed there are many wo say COmpton knows more about Monroe’s mandolin style than Mr Monroe himself.

At the Monroe-Style Mandolin Camp, students will spend three days with 6 of the finest mandolin players and 50 of the coolest mandolin students you’ll find on Planet Earth. With registration for each camp capped at 50, the camps’ intimate environment allows for ample opportunities to receive personal, hands-on instruction from each of these legends of Monroe-Style mandolin.

Full details on the International Bluegrass Music Museum’s Website

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The International Bluegrass Music Museum is proud to announce Radio Bluegrass International has returned to a free service. Enjoy Bluegrass Music and programming around the clock thanks to the generous support of the Marilyn & William T. Young Charitable Foundation.

Check out the International Bluegrass Museum Website
Posted by Mike Lawing for the Australian Bluegrass Blog

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