News
- January 24th, 2012
DEL MCCOURY’S TRIBUTE TO THE FATHER OF BLUEGRASS RELEASED ON CD JUST IN TIME FOR THE GRAMMY AWARDS
(Nashville, TN)…The Del McCoury Band’s tribute to Bill Monroe, Old Memories: The Songs of Bill Monroe, will be released on CD just in time for the Grammy Awards. The album was previously released digitally and on vinyl in September 2011 and received a Grammy nomination for “Best Bluegrass Album” in December. The aforementioned September date, [...]
- January 4th, 2012
Del McCoury Band teaming up with David Grisman for “Big Mon” jam at Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival
“ A Summer Fest Brought Indoors for the Chicago Winter” –When You Awake One weekend of bluegrass & blues isn’t enough for the endless Chicago winter. Now in its fourth year, CBB Fest will host over 50 bands throughout December and January upon iconic Chicago stages. Kicking things off in December, CBB fest organizers have [...]
- December 2nd, 2011
Del McCoury receives 9th Grammy Nomination
DEL McCOURY BAND’S OLD MEMORIES Tribute to Bill Monroe, “The Father of Bluegrass Music”, nominated for a GRAMMY AWARD, Best Bluegrass Album The Del McCoury Band has garnered critical raves for their latest effort, Old Memories: The Songs of Bill Monroe. This tribute to the man widely considered to be “The Father Of Bluegrass Music” has [...]
- October 10th, 2011
MPI – Music Producers Institute – Launches Session Video Channel “MPI Live” September 27th, 2011
The Del McCoury Band to be Featured in MPI Live’s Premiere Video On September 27, 2011 Music Producers Institute (MPI), an experiential learning company founded in 2008 that helps aspiring record producers learn a rarely-taught craft, launched MPI Live, an online music video site that offers exclusive streaming HD videos of master recording sessions, with [...]
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1 American Legacies
Blending jazz from the streets and music halls and clubs of New Orleans and beyond with bluegrass from rural festivals, school auditoriums and more restrained settings, American Legacies presents two giants of traditional American music—the Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band—in one spirited stream of deliciously inviting, boldly innovative and yet profoundly familiar music.
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3 Del's Box Set
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DEL McCOURY is a stunning 5-disc special edition box set collection encapsulating a 50-year legacy of brilliant, heartfelt music from the Bluegrass icon, who recently celebrated another milestone by turning 70 years old.
With more than 30 new recordings of songs from Del s first 40 years of performing and an additional 18 from the Del McCoury s Band most essential tracks of the last decade, this quintessential box set!
