Music - Bluegrass Breakdown

Tune in every Sunday from 6:00-8:00 p.m., when hosts Mark Mathewson and Jennifer Ramm bring you the best in bluegrass and related music. With roots in Celtic, country, folk and blues, bluegrass has a rich heritage that continues to grow thanks to a new generation of gifted musicians. From masters like Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs to contemporary artists like Alison Krauss and Ricky Skaggs, from rock-ribbed traditional to boldly progressive, you'll hear it all on Bluegrass Breakdown.

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Where to buy bluegrass recordings for your musical library

County Sales - for decades one of the best sources of bluegrass and old-time music.

Elderly Recordings - a great place to find bluegrass, Celtic, blues, Cajun, singer-songwriters, and more.

Amazon.Com and CD Now, which have huge selections of every kind of music, including bluegrass.

Record Labels

Track the latest bluegrass releases at the Sugar Hill, Rounder Records, Rebel Records, Pinecastle Records, Ceili Records, Doobie Shea Records, and Skaggs Family Records web sites.

Learning more about bluegrass: books, videos and magazines

To learn more about bluegrass music, we recommend...

• Bluegrass: A History by Neil Rosenberg (University of Illinois Press, 1985)
• Bluegrass: An Informal Guide by Richard Smith (Chicago Review Press, 1995)
• Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass by Richard D. Smith (Little Brown, 2000)
• and Bluegrass Breakdown by Robert Cantwell (University of Illinois Press, 1984)

As well as the fine documentary High Lonesome (available on video from County Sales, among other sources).

You can keep up to date on the bluegrass scene with subscriptions to Bluegrass Unlimited and Bluegrass Now magazines.

Internet resources

Web sites ibluegrass and Cybergrass contain a wealth of bluegrass information.

For a lively, if sometimes rancorous, e-mail discussion group devoted to bluegrass, check out Bgrass-L.

The International Bluegrass Music Association and the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America are on the web as well.