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12:09:50 | 08-06-2005 | Social |

U.S. EMBASSY BRINGS BLUEGRASS MOUNTAIN MUSIC TO ARMENIA

`Bob Perilla’s Big Hillbilly Bluegrass Band’ will perform several concerts
in Gyumri, Dilijan, Lake Sevan, Vayots Dzor, and Yerevan, at the invitation
of the U.S. Embassy in Armenia. Bluegrass, a uniquely American form of
music, is vibrant, fast and fun. Known for the distinctive sound of the
banjo, four-part harmonies, and raucous fiddle playing, the bluegrass sound
originated among 18th century settlers in the Blueridge Mountains (which run
along the America’s east coast, from Georgia to Virginia.)

“Bob Perilla’s Big Hillbilly Bluegrass Band” is a five-member bluegrass band
based in Washington, DC, which performs bluegrass, country, folk and
original material and boasts over 100 years of combined musical experience.
The band’s instrumentation includes: guitar, fiddle, upright bass, banjo and
mandolin. The group has appeared several times at the Kennedy Center, is
performer-in-residence at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and performs
regularly in Washington, DC area music clubs.

The band will complete its tour of the Caucuses in Armenia, after performing
in both Georgia and Azerbaijan.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress