so far. It’s probably going to be the year’s best-selling movie. (Belgium counts only 11 million people.) Bluegrass music, only known by a happy few over here, is suddenly mentioned in a national media (news, radio, television, newspapers). The movie is a dramatic love story in which the main character is a banjo player in a bluegrass band. He meets a woman and she joins the band as a singer. Their young daughter becomes a victim of cancer”
Bluegrass in the United Kingdom The Toy Hearts are planning to spend six months in the U.S. in 2013, from May – October. The family will be based out of Austin, Texas. More info: www.bluegrasstoday.com/toy-hearts-totexas-in-2013/ UKBluegrass.com announces that Farewell Blues is the new CD from the Leon Hunt n-Tet band. The album is a celebration of the life and music of Earl Scruggs and other first-generation bluegrass musicians. Info: www.leonhuntntet.com
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The Toy Hearts, photo by Lilly Pavlak