{"id":11017,"date":"2020-02-29T09:27:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T14:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/?p=11017"},"modified":"2020-02-29T09:27:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T14:27:24","slug":"bluegrass-now-airs-on-pbs-television-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticmusicscene.com\/2020\/02\/29\/bluegrass-now-airs-on-pbs-television-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluegrass Now! Airs on PBS Television Stations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bluegrass Now!<\/em>, a television special featuring a wide array of the musical genre\u2019s leading performing artists, will begin airing on PBS stations across the U.S. on Saturday, February 29. Fittingly, it was filmed during a concert on December 19, 2019 at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum\u2019s Woodward Theatre in Owensboro, Kentucky — near the home of Bill Monroe, the “Father of Bluegrass Music.”<\/p>\n

\"BluegrassHosted by Rhonda Vincent and Jim Lauderdale, Bluegrass Now! Pays homage to bluegrass across genre, gender and generations. Featured performers include Alison Brown, Becky Buller, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Missy Raines, Larry Sparks, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Molly Tuttle, and Dan Tyminski.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis feels like a homecoming as many of today\u2019s most prominent bluegrass artists make a pilgrimage back to he source of the music to document their own musical journey,\u201d said Chris Joslin, executive director of the hall of fame & museum. \u201cIf bluegrass music is Kentucky\u2019s gift to the world, Bluegrass Now! Feels like Christmas morning.\u201d <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a link to a 30-second trailer for the televised special:
\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8B_4a0nCVqk<\/a><\/p>\n

Produced by Todd Jarrell (Bluegrass Underground<\/em>, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 50th Anniversary<\/em>, and Songwriting With Soldiers<\/em>), Bluegrass Now!<\/em> showcases individual artists\/bands and also brings together co-host Rhonda Vincent with Brown, Buller, Raines and Tuttle on renditions of \u201cAllegheny Town\u201d and \u201cGirls\u2019 Breakdown,\u201d while Vincent\u2019s band The Rage accompanies Bluegrass Hall of Famer Larry Sparks on \u201cTake Me Back to West Virginia.\u201d Co-host Jim Lauderdale is joined by Brown and Buller on \u201cI Feel Like Singing Today,\u201d while Buller also accompanies Lauderdale on \u201cIodine.\u201d The PBS special concludes with an all-star finale performance of \u201cSwing Low Sweet Chariot.\u201d <\/p>\n

Bluegrass Now! will air on more than 300 PBS stations. Check your local TV listings or visit https:\/\/pbs.org<\/a> to find out when it premieres in your area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bluegrass Now!<\/em>, a television special featuring a wide array of the musical genre\u2019s leading performing artists, will begin airing on PBS stations across the U.S. on Saturday, February 29. Fittingly, it was filmed during a concert on December 19, 2019 at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum\u2019s Woodward Theatre in Owensboro, Kentucky — near the home of Bill Monroe, the “Father of Bluegrass Music.”<\/p>\n

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