Articles tagged "bill monroe"Featured Article![]() Music DVD ReviewBill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Musicby Christel Loar[31.Jul.08] :. Informative and educational, intriguing and entertaining, part American history lesson, part biography and part concert film. News‘Monroe Country’ planning for bluegrass icon’s centennial in 2011by Keith Lawrence [Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (MCT)][25.Jun.07] :. When William Smith Monroe was born on Sept. 13, 1911, few people other than the neighbors of James Buchanan “Buck” and Malissa Vandiver Monroe knew about it. After all, the baby, named... ![]() Music ReviewBill Monroe: Anthologyby Jason MacNeil[13.Oct.03] :. Bill Monroe is the root of all the branches that make up contemporary bluegrass music. Whether you’re speaking about Ricky Skaggs, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Peter Rowan, or Del McCoury, the... PopMatters Pick![]() Music ReviewBill Monroe, Live From Mountain Stageby Sarah ZupkoBill Monroe is one of those rare figures in the history of music credited with inventing a genre. |
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