HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program: We listen to music by several bluegrass award nominees And answer three listener questions about the United States. But first, we tell about

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American Roots Music Sound Continues to Evolve in 2011 In the old days, folk singers sang folk songs, rockers were always loud, and bluegrass never mixed with the blues or jazz. But today, youll find all kinds of American roots music living under the

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Remembering Earl Scruggs Before Earl Scruggs, most banjo players used a two- fingered picking style. But all that changed after the 21-year-old North Carolina native joined Bill Monroes Bluegrass Boys in 1945, and brought his three- fingered rolls to

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By Katherine Cole Washington 31 July 2006 The lineup at this year's Grey Fox Bluegrass festival reads like a who's who of modern bluegrass: Grammy-winners Ricky Skaggs, Tim O'Brien, and Jerry Douglass all traveled to take part in the musical weekend

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Dierks Bentley Takes Listeners 'Home' The title track to Home recently became the ninth Number One Country single of Bentley's career. The 36-year-old Arizona native was performing in Australia when he got the news. Its been so cool to see fans react

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Abigail Washburn: American Bluegrass Music, by Way of China By Katharine Gypson and Dana Demange Broadcast: Friday, November 18, 2005 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA

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Bluegrass Musicians Honored in Nashville 国际兰草音乐协会奖在纳什维尔颁出 (Music) The IBMA awards show began with a live performance by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. Skaggs, heard

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By Katherine Cole Washington 22 February 2008 Many acoustic bluegrass music fans are leary of the words contemporary and modern, preferring to listen only to songs that stick to the traditional style invented by Bill Monroe in the 1940s. These fans d

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By Katherine Cole Washington 26 June 2007 Alison Krauss began studying classical violin when she was five years old. By eight, she had discovered the sound of bluegrass, and soon was winning fiddle contests across the United States. Alison released h

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By Katherine Cole Washington 30 May 2007 For close to 50 years, mandolinist and composer David Grisman has been one of America's leading proponents of acoustic music in America. In that time, he's recorded dozens of albums of his own music, and produ

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By Katherine Cole Washington 30 May 2007 For close to 50 years, mandolinist and composer David Grisman has been a leading proponent of acoustic music in America. He's recorded dozens of albums of his own music, launched his own record company, and pr

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DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. Im Doug Johnson. Today, we visit a bluegrass music festival that has a special activity for children ... And we explain how to get a job at Americas space agency, NASA ... But, first, a

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By Katherine Cole Washington 20 October 2006 The annual conference of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) was held recently in Nashville, Tennessee. VOA's Katherine Cole attended, and filed this report on the 17th annual IBMA awards

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The Infamous Stringdusters Straddle Genres on 'Silver Sky' Silver Sky is CD number five for the Grammy-nominated, Charlottesville, Virginia- based quintet. While some people think of them as a bluegrass band because of their acoustic instruments, the

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Each year, the International Bluegrass Music Association honors a festival with their prestigious Bluegrass Event of the Year award. Last year, the honor went to the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, held each July in a tiny town in upstate New York. The

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The votes are in and soon we'll know who'll take home the big honors at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards. Due to time limitations, only a few of the trophies are presented during the televised program. A few of the nominees you won't be seeing on TV: th

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By Katherine Cole Washington 16 December 2006 Multi-instrumentalist Sam Bush has been taking his music beyond the boundaries of traditional bluegrass for almost 35 years. As a founding member of the New Grass Revival, Sam pioneered a whole new direc

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RAY SUAREZ: Next: a mandolin virtuoso who defies musical boundaries. Chris Thile has recorded bluegrass, country, folk, and jazz. Tomorrow, he releases a new album of Bach sonatas. Jeffrey Brown has our report. JEFFREY BROWN: The final movement of So

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By Katherine Cole Washington 07 June 2007 It's not surprising that in 1989, the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Recording was won by a song on Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2, by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. What is unusual is the song that rece

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Topics: Ask an American: Bluegrass music; rsum versus curriculum vitae, the number 0 versus the letter O, one over the other Words: to bring over to pass down (something) to flatten bridge basically roots origins melody acoustic fiddle banjo bass rsu

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