Prescription Bluegrass is now featured on:
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Listen Wednesdays at 12 noon Central Time
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Refills available at Midnight Thursday (Central Time)
RBI: Radio Bluegrass International
is the museum’s free online radio station, broadcasting 24/7 with a
mixture of contemporary artists and vintage material from our extensive
catalog.
Launch the RBI Player in a new window. (Our current
format requires the use of Windows Media Player, for either Mac or
Windows.)
ABOUT THE
MUSEUMBluegrass is the official State Music of
Kentucky, and Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky" shares with Stephen
Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home" the honorable distinction of being the
official Kentucky State Songs.
The infectiously energetic style of dance
that grew up around bluegrass and old time music is clogging, the
official Kentucky State Dance. This museum, established to preserve the
history of the music Mr. Monroe created, is located 30 minutes from the
little town of Rosine, Kentucky, and Jerusalem Ridge, the homeplace
where he was born and grew to manhood, and where he and members of his
family now rest in peace.
The
International Bluegrass Music Museum is located in the RiverPark Complex
at the foot of "the blue bridge" in downtown
Owensboro, Kentucky. As you draw near, you'll hear the sounds of
bluegrass music emanating from the museum's radio station, RBI, with
audio speakers taking the music to the streets.
Only a few hundred feet
from the museum's entrance, the sound of music
drifts downstream via the mighty Ohio River, the subject of more than a
few memorable bluegrass songs.