Live At Bean Blossom–Monroe Tribute Videos Available to View!

Rural Rhythm Records, The Bill Monroe Music Park and the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame would like to invite you to check out some videos regarding the LIVE AT BEAN BLOSSOM album.  These were filmed during the CD release party held last month at the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Renfro Valley, KY and also during the annual Bill Monroe Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival this past June where the album was recorded.  See video links below!

BILL MONROE 100TH CELEBRATION: LIVE AT BEAN BLOSSOM Album now Released!

Kentucky Music Hall of Fame & Museum hosted VIP Album Release Celebration!
(Photo Gallery of this event here)

Rural Rhythm Records is proud to announce today’s new album release, BILL MONROE 100th YEAR CELEBRATION:  LIVE AT BEAN BLOSSOM recorded this past June at the Bill Monroe Music Park in Bean Blossom, Indiana during the 45th Annual Bill Monroe Memorial Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival.  Last Sunday, the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Renfro Valley, KY hosted a special CD Release celebration for this exciting new commemorative album. 

CD Review Page Updated - Laurie Lewis

The Prescription Bluegrass CD Review Page has just been updated with a great review of

 Laurie's Bill Monroe Tribute,

"Skippin' and Flyin'".  Check it out here:

...... From the top down, and the bottom up, Laurie’s imprint on this CD is unmistakable. ... she shows her talents also extend to the control room and the recording gear. The  quality is seamlessly elegant from the first song to the last.   Read the full Review......

Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration Begins Monday in Owensboro, KY

The Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration

begins Monday in Owensboro, KY as The International Bluegrass Music Museum continues its recognition of the 100th birthday of the genre's founder.

The coming week’s celebration will feature three days of performances by all active members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, in addition to exhibits, a musical and the world premiere of a film titled "'POWERFUL': Bill Monroe Remembered."
  
The two-hour documentary has been a major undertaking said Museum's \Executive Director Gabrielle Gray.   Assembled in part from the IBMM's extensive Video Oral History Project, it shines a light on the lives of the scores of sidemen who came and went over the years from Monroe's Blue Grass Boys.

In addition to exploring their reasons for moving on — money, a grueling touring schedule and military service, among others — the film also offers an intriguing window into Monroe's creative vision.

Bill Monroe's 100th Birthday Celebration

OWENSBORO, Ky., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --All members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame who can still travel will perform with their respective bands during the International Bluegrass Music Museum's Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration, September 12, 13 & 14, 2011. 

Irish Bluegrass Songwriter Publishes Video Story of Monroe Song!

“William Smith Monroe” is the latest single from Niall Toner, Ireland’s premier Bluegrass Artist.  Here, Niall gives us the story of how he wrote the song.

Bluegrass’ Best On Two Discs - Tribute to Monroe!

With Body And Soul and Let The Light Shine Down

feature a total of 34 cuts, some previously unissued, as well as notes by distinguished writer and Monroe biographer Neil V. Rosenberg

2011 marks the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Bill Monroe, creator of bluegrass, and without doubt one of the most important and influential figures in American music. In a career that began in the late 1930s, Monroe and his band The Blue Grass Boys started a new genre of roots-based music that not only influenced artists worldwide, from Elvis Presley on down, but effectively shaped or changed the lives of literally thousand of professional and amateur musicians.

Bluegrass Hall of Fame Members to perform at Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration

Fifteen members of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame will perform with their respective bands during the International Bluegrass Music Museum’s Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration, September 12, 13 and 14, 2011.

Performers include Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, Jesse McReynolds, J. D. Crowe, Bobby Osborne, Eddie Adcock, Tom Gray, Curly Seckler, Everett Lilly, The Lewis Family, Bill Clifton, Doug Dillard, Rodney Dillard, Melvin Goins, and Paul Williams.