http://wbkr.com Thu, 23 May 2013 05:17:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://wbkr.com/area-celebrates-bill-monroes-100th-birthday-video/ http://wbkr.com/area-celebrates-bill-monroes-100th-birthday-video/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:13:41 +0000 Moon Mullins http://wbkr.com/?p=16119 Bill Monroe, credited with creating bluegrass music with tunes like this was born on this date in 1911 in Rosine.  Lots of festivities surround the birthday including events at the International Bluegrass Museum next to River Park Center downtown Owensboro.

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]]> http://wbkr.com/moon-and-wbkrs-day-in-the-country-july-9th/feed/ 0 Flickr photo from National Congressional Archives http://wbkr.com/needed-a-bill-monroe/ http://wbkr.com/needed-a-bill-monroe/#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:37:46 +0000 egrant http://wbkr.com/?p=4961 According to today's Messenger-Inquirer, filming on the Bill Monroe biopic Blue Moon of Kentucky, has been delayed by budget issues and the two leading actors, Peter Saarsgard and Maggie Gyllenhaal withdrawing from the project.  All other elem

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