European World of Bluegrass 2007

The European Bluegrass Music Association (EBMA) is getting ready for the 10th Anniversary EWOB in 2007.

The European World of Bluegrass is a month (May) -long series of concerts and festivals, all over Europe, highlighted by the EWOB Festival in Voorthuizen, the Netherlands, on May 17-19. This is the meeting place for musicians, fans, promoters, agents, record companies, instrument makers and dealers, etc., with - apart from a lot of music - a trade show, workshops, meetings, seminars, and more.

At the Voorthuizen convention approximately forty European bands will perform on stage, and they are eligible for the #1 European Bluegrass Band award and the Audience Popularity award. Up to the end of November we have received over eighty applications from European bands to take part, and our selection & programming committee has started their difficult task of putting together the best festival program, and keeping everybody involved as happy as possible.

Every year we have a limited number of bands from the USA joining us (and for this tenth anniversary we have some very good ones in mind), but the focus is on European bluegrass.

In the meantime the #1 European Bluegrass Band award winner of the 2006 EWOB - Mideando String Quintet from Italy - are preparing their trip to the IBMA World of Bluegrass in Nashville, later in 2007, where they will show why they were chosen as the best, and also will represent the European bluegrass music scene to the rest of the world.

Any bluegrass-music-related event in Europe in the month of May 2007 can be part of the European World of Bluegrass. There are no obligations, nor does it cost anything. The only things we need to know are the details (date, place, performers, etc.), so we can put the correct information in the EWOB Guide and on our website. In return we ask the participating events to use the EWOB 2007 logo in their publicity, and maybe tell their audience a little bit about the EWOB and the EBMA.

Anybody who is interested may contact us here.

Rienk Janssen, EWOB coordinator for the EBMA

See and hear bluegrass in Europe (and more)

For readers in the USA, Kevin Lynch, of the Connecticut Bluegrass Music Association and U-H Radio Bluegrass on WWUH Radio, reports:

Announcing a first-ever group tour to Europe for the 10th European World of Bluegrass (EWOB) event held in the Netherlands. This event and its organizers have been awarded honors by the International Bluegrass Music Association for their decades of international bluegrass promotion.

It's their tenth anniversary and the headliner from the USA will be Rounder Records recording artists, Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass. Up to two other artists from the USA will appear, plus 40+ other groups from all over the globe!

In addition to the EWOB event, the tour includes two nights in historic Amsterdam (incl. a wine-&-cheese evening canal cruise of the city). See the details at this link.

Fully escorted tour runs May 14 - 20, 2007. Group participants limited to 20 people. Flights need to be booked well in advance in order to get the lowest prices. You are welcomed to arrange any time frame for your return and/or departure flights... spend as much time as you wish while you're there.

Disclaimer: This trip has been organized by my sister Kim (an independent travel agent). She is offering this initial Bluegrass Tour to EWOB at cost. We won't see these prices again.

See you in Amsterdam...

Antistatic Country Time playlist, 25 Feb.

Radio Free FM Ulm, UKW 102,6 - Monday 25.02.2008, 20.00 to 22.03

Mandy, 'Jingle deutsch'; CD
T.J. Stuart, 'Rosin On The Bow'; CD Comstock 1
Owen Temple, 'Two Thousand Miles'; CD 4
Matt Steel, 'Getting Back To Me Again'; CD 10
Kevin Meisel, 'Rustbelt Girl'; CD 1
Brian McGee, 'If I Were You'; Hillcrest 36-3
Robert Mizzell, 'You’re Why God Made Me'; Hillcrest 37-4
Tommy Cash, 'Don’t Give Your Flesh To The Devil'; CD 2
Mac & O, 'You Were Never Too Far From My Mind'; Hotdisc 104-14
Hickory Project, 'Different Story'; CD 7
Goods, 'A Rag And A Fiddle'; CD 11
Goods, 'A Beautiful Life'; CD 1
Infamous Stringdusters, 'Starry Night'; CD 2
Frigg, 'Jalla Jalla'; CD 3
Steve Earle/Iris DeMent/McCoury, 'I’m Still In Love With You'; CD 4
Steve Earle, 'Angel Is The Devil'; CD 6
Steve Earle/Lucinda Williams, 'You’re Still Standin‘ There'; CD 12
Steve Earle, 'The Other Side Of Town'; CD 10
Steve Earle & Stacey Earle, 'When I Fall'; CD 10
Stacey Earle, 'Promise You Anything'; CD 1
Rockie Lynne, 'I Can’t Believe It’s Me'; CDX 438-2
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart, 'Up In Annie’s Room'; CD 1
Allison Moorer, 'I Found A Letter'; CD 6
Allison Moorer, 'Mockingbird'; CD 1
Steve Earle, 'Days Are Long Enough'; CD 11
Mandy, 'Preacher I Have Sinned'; live in the studio
Pete Wernick & Flexigrass, 'Luxury Liner'; CD 12

Americana-212

Radio free FM Ulm, UKW 102,6 - Monday 3 March 2008, midnight to 02.19 a.m.

Jingle Mandy, 'Americana II'; CD Mandy
Billy Yates, 'Happy'; M-T-M 25-3
Tracy Lawrence, 'How A Cowgirl Says Goodbye'; CD 5
Erin Hay, 'These Empty Arms'; WHP 85-1
Tim Hensley, 'Ridin’ Out The Storm'; Primecuts 90-4
Tim Chesney, 'You Can’t Hold Love'; WHP 85-6
Bellamy Brothers, 'Drug Problem'; CD Tex 61-8
Phillip Clarkson, 'The Old Talbott Tavern Whistle Song'; WHP 85-18
The Captain Legendary Band, 'Train Song'; CD Tex 61-3
Hickory Project, 'Unresolved'; CD 8
Goods, 'Dooley'; CD 9
Goods, 'Lonesome Valley'; CD 11
Kevin Meisel, 'Stains'; CD 2
Kevin Meisel If You’re Going Out With Her'; CD 2
Susan Marshall, 'Little Bird'; Stardust 68-17
Carlene Carter, 'Me And The Wildwood Rose'; CD 9
John Arthur Martinez, 'The Man Who Holds The Bow'; CD 3
David Waddell, 'Truck Broke Down'; CD 1
Gary Fjellgaard, 'Rocky Mountain Trail Ride'; CD 5
Lynette Morgan, 'Ride Your Train'; CD 2
Four Wheel Drive, 'Four Wheel Drive'; CD 4
Smokestack Lightnin’, 'Rockabilly Blues'; CD 12
Daniel T. Coates, 'Let That One Run'; CD 1
The Heartaches, 'Flattery Will Get You Everywhere'; LP
Paula MacAskill, 'Higher Ground'; Hotdisc 104-15/16
Luther Lewis, 'Kisses For Kids'; Stardust 68-15
John Carter Cash, 'Crumblin’ Rock Of Dixie'; CD 2
Levon Helm, 'Poor Old Dirt Farmer'; CD 3
Uncle Earl, 'One True'; CD 3
Tom Russell, 'Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall?'; CD 16
Ashley Robertson, 'Living In Misery'; CD 1
Don Rigsby & Midnight Call, 'Make God Laugh'; CD 7
Chet Daniels, 'Infectious'; CD 1
Judy Kanyo, 'Gone For Good'; Hillcrest 37-5
Chris Denem, 'No One Could Love You'; CD 7
Lady Antebellum, 'Love Don’t Live Here'; CDX 432-5
Albert Lee, 'Payola Blues'; CD 9
Dave & Sugar, 'Golden Tears'; LP

'Peelgrass' playlists 2344, 2347

KABEL 87.5 MHz - OMROEP VENRAY - ETHER 90.2 MHz

Playlist: 2344th Country Programme, 4 May 2008: 'It's Bluegrass time'

(A) Robert Mizzell, 'Rose of my heart'; Cajun Music
Album, 'Faraway land'; SCR
Steep Canyon Rangers, 'A ramblin’ man is a ramblin’ man'; Rebel
Except 2, 'Petticoat junction'; Nash
Cedar Hill, 'Wasting my time'; Blue Circle
Charlie Poole, 'Goodbye Mary dear'; County
Roll’s Boys, 'Fistful of dollars'; SCR
IIIrd Tyme Out, 'Just over the tide'; CMG
All4Him, 'A new day dawning'; All4Him
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, 'Till the end of the world'; Columbia
Andrea Zonn, 'New night dawning'; Compass
Palmer Divide, 'Mile high dreaming'; KBC
John Lawless, 'How 'r' ya waltz'; Copper Creek
Béla Fleck & Friends, 'The over grown waltz'; Warner
Aubrey Haynie, 'Ook pik waltz'; Sugar Hill
Rickie Simpkins & Friends, 'Amazing grace'; Pinecastle

Playlist: 2347th Country Programme, 11 May 2008: 'It's Bluegrass time'

(A) Robert Mizzell, 'Next to you, next to me'; Cajun Music
Goodwill, 'Declaration of love'; SCR
Runaway Freight, 'Take this hammer'; Roundhouse
Jan Harvey, 'It’s up to you'; Rounder
Tony Rice, 'Nine pound hammer'; Rebel
The Rice Brothers, 'Darcy Farrow'; Rounder
Sawmill Road, 'When will I be loved'; SMR
Judy Carrier & Rens Vreeburg, 'Spring has sprung in dear olde Dixie'; JCR
Grasstowne, 'Black lung blues'; Pinecastle
Lonesome Mountaineers, 'Walkin’ home'; SCR
Moondi Klein & Jimmy Gaudreau, 'High Sierra'; Rebel
Andy Owens & Druha Trava, 'Irish banjo medley'; SCR
Wayne Taylor, 'Dear mom'; KBC
Lilly Drumeva, 'The storms are on the ocean'; LD
Waterflow, 'War hero'; Velvet Music
The Infamous Stringdusters, 'Dream you back'; Sugar Hill
The Grassmasters, 'Orange blossom special'; Synergy

(A) = Album of the month: Robert Mizzell, Thanks a lot

Compiler and presenter: Rein Wortelboer, Akelei 10, 5803CA Venray, the Netherlands; ph. +31-478-580876; e-mail; website