The Greencards are a progressive bluegrass band founded in 2003 in
Austin, Texas, by Englishman Eamon McLoughlin and Australians Kym Warner
and Carol Young. They relocated in 2005 to Nashville, Tennessee. Their
albums include Movin' On (2003), Weather and Water, Viridian (2007), and
Fascination (2009). Their sound has been compared to progressive
American folk rock. Country Music Television named Weather and Water one
of the ten best bluegrass albums of 2005, and The Greencards were
invited to tour with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson the same year.
Viridian, a critically praised album, was number one on Billboard
magazine's Bluegrass Music Chart, and was nominated for Best Country
Album by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The "Mucky the
Duck" track was nominated for Best Country Instrumental Performance at
the 50th Grammy Awards. McLoughlin left the band in December 2009, and
Carl Miner joined in May 2010. Credited with helping to expand the range
of bluegrass music, they draw from Irish folk music, Romani music, rock
'n' roll, folk balladry, and Latin American musical sources.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greencards>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
629:
Shahrbaraz usurped the throne of the Sasanian Empire from
Ardashir III, but was himself deposed only forty days later.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrbaraz>
1522:
Italian War of 1521–26: The combined forces of Spain and the
Papal States defeated a French and Venetian army at the Battle of
Bicocca.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bicocca>
1865:
An explosion destroyed the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi
River, killing an estimated 1,700 of the 2,400 passengers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat)>
1904:
Chris Watson became the first Australian Prime Minister from
the Australian Labour Party, and the first Labour Party prime minister
in the world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Watson>
2005:
The Airbus A380, the largest passenger airliner in the world,
made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
fishbone diagram:
Ishikawa diagram.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fishbone_diagram>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We're in such a hurry most of the time we never get much chance to
talk. The result is a kind of endless day-to-day shallowness, a monotony
that leaves a person wondering years later where all the time went and
sorry that it's all gone.
--Robert M. Pirsig
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_M._Pirsig>