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Bluegrass from Kentucky 23 String Band

By David McIntyre, Lyons Bluesologist

I have been asked lately, “Just what is a string band?” So, I thought I would, with wikipedia’s help, give you all a little description of string band music.
“A string band is an old-time music or jazz ensemble made up, mainly or solely, of string instruments. String bands were very popular in the 1920’s and 1930’s, and are among the forerunners of country music and bluegrass. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, other stringed instruments began to be added to the fiddle-banjo duo that was essential to dance

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Discounted Local Tix Available At The Cup

With final additions including John Prine and Colin Hay, Planet Bluegrass is excited to announce the single-day lineup for the 23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival (August 16 to18). These new additions join a lineup that already included Loreena McKennitt, John Butler Trio, Colin Meloy, Patty Griffin, and many others.

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Humming House

Irish pubs and whiskey may have been part of the humble origins of the Nashville-based band Humming House, but it was the co-producer of their debut album, Grammy award-winning Mitch Dane, who heard these musicians playing together before they were even a band. According to lead vocalist and songwriter, Justin Wade Tam, “Prior to the album, and living in Nashville, the current band members would sing Celtic tunes for fun and drink Irish whiskey in a town where musicians often don’t get a break.” Everything

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Lyons Music Ticket - April 18-25

Thursday Nights Open Mic at Spirit Hound Distillers
Sign up starts 6:30 pm

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Great Local Bands Coming To Oskars

The weekend of Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, brings two of my favorite local bands to Oskar Blues in Lyons. The two bands are very different from each other, but similar in their ability to entertain folks with first-class music.

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Seicento Baroque Ensemble Gets Dramatique

This Sunday, April 21, at 2 p.m., in the Stanley Hotel Concert Hall, the public is invited to come and welcome the Seicento Baroque Ensemble, Colorado’s premier Baroque choir, as it gets dramatic for the conclusion of their second successful season with a delightful program, “Divine Histories: Religious Ecstasy in Music.” Who doesn’t love a good story filled with drama and intrigue? Including music of the

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Lyon's Music Ticket - April 11, 2013

Thursday Nights Open Mic
at Spirit Hound Distillers

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Anniversary Party For Marquee Magazine

By David McIntyre, Lyons Blueologist

The Soul Rebels brass band formed when Lumar LeBlanc and Derrick Moss, originally members of New Orleans’ iconic Dejean’s Young Olympia brass band, decided they wanted to play the new exciting music they were hearing on the radio while respecting the tradition they loved. Both New Orleans natives, the pair was steeped in the fundamentals of New Orleans jazz, but inevitably

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FolksFest 2013 Lineup

Planet Bluegrass is proud to announce the preliminary lineup for the 23rd Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, to be held August 16 through 18. The lineup will include some new faces, and some old friends. For now the list includes: Loreena McKennitt, the John Butler Trio, Patty Griffin, Colin Meloy, Mary Gauthier, Nathaniel Rateliff, Lynn Miles, Shane Koyczan & the Short Story Long, Ariana Gillis, Robby Hecht, the Songwriter Showcase, and

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