This remembrance of Doc is a contribution from Sandy Rothman, a former Blue Grass Boy and member of the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band. Sandy is a recognized multi-instrumentalist with a long history on the bluegrass scene, with a pair of solo projects, and credits on [...]
I spoke yesterday with California banjo player Bill Evans as he was driving north from the Bay Area to do shows this weekend in Washington and Oregon. Both tonight (6/1) in Seattle, and Saturday in Bend, will find him doing his Banjo In America program, [...]
Funeral services for Doc Watson will be held this weekend in Deep Gap, NC at the Laurel Springs Baptist Church. Doc’s body will lie in state on Sunday (6/3) from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (EDT), with the funeral to follow. Laurel Springs Pastor Larry Young will officiate, along [...]
Laura Tate Ridge has sent along a large gallery of photos she took at last weekend’s Lil John Mountain Music Festival in Snow Camp, NC.
If you missed the live Goat Rodeo Sessions concert that was broadcast on PBS May 25 – or if you would like to see it again – the video is now available online. The show was recorded live at the House of Blues in Boston [...]
This remembrance of Doc is a contribution from Sandy Rothman, a former Blue Grass Boy and member of the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band. Sandy is a recognized multi-instrumentalist with a long history on the bluegrass scene, with a pair of solo projects, and credits on [...]
Funeral services for Doc Watson will be held this weekend in Deep Gap, NC at the Laurel Springs Baptist Church. Doc’s body will lie in state on Sunday (6/3) from 2:00-3:00 p.m. (EDT), with the funeral to follow. Laurel Springs Pastor Larry Young will officiate, along [...]
In today’s music world there’s a whole lot more to starting a band than merely getting together with four to five guys, hacking out some tunes, booking, and playing shows. Each band must strive to create their own sound, generate original material, and ultimately find [...]
This remembrance of the great Doc Watson comes from Tim Stafford, guitarist with Blue Highway and co-author of Still Inside – The Tony Rice Story. Doc Watson set the mold for flatpicking, and it was pretty much an accident. But not because he couldn’t play; [...]
This remembrance of the late Doc Watson comes from Andy Falco, guitarist with Infamous Stringdusters. How A Great Artist Can Change A Life: Doc Watson, Rest In Peace My parents are music lovers, and music was and still is a big part of our family. [...]
Fred Robbins, one of bluegrass music’s most diligent archivists, has assembled five stage recordings from Doc Watson on his web site. These are all contributions from Ken Landreth, captured between 1969 and ’71. Younger festival goers may not know that during the 1960s in particular, [...]
There’s another member of the McCoury clan to celebrate today. Vassar Edwin Carroll McCoury was born this morning at 8:06 Nashville time (CDT) to mom Lisa and dad Rob McCoury. He weighed in at 8.5 lbs, stretching out to 19.5 inches. Welcome little Vassar, and [...]
After what was described as a very rough day on Sunday, Doc Watson is said to have rallied a bit with some improvement in his vital signs last night. He remains in the ICU, listed in critical condition at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in [...]
We have learned that the family of Doc Watson has been called to his side at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. Doc has been hospitalized there for the past few days, undergoing surgery on Thursday evening to repair an impacted colon, which ultimately involved its [...]
This week we are going to remember the life and times of America’s Blue Yodeler, the Singing Brakeman, and the Father of Country Music: the late, great Jimmie Rodgers. On Saturday, May 26, Jimmie Rodgers will have been gone 79 years. Arguably the most significant [...]
Laura Tate Ridge has sent along a large gallery of photos she took at last weekend’s Lil John Mountain Music Festival in Snow Camp, NC.
Here’s an overview of DelFest 2012 from Shannon Turner, along with another batch of photos from Milo Farineau. Shannon Wayne Turner is a 20-year veteran of the music business, working in TV, radio, Internet and print. She’s spent most of her time in country music, [...]
Milo Farineau is busily uploading photos from DelFest 2012 this past weekend. We’ll post them as they come in.
Here is the final gallery of images from Frank Baker, shot on Sunday, the final day of last weekend’s 2012 Spring Gettysburg Bluegrass festival. You can see the other three galleries here. Big thanks to Frank not only for shooting for us, but for sorting [...]
Frank Baker has uploaded a big batch of photos from Saturday at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Looks like a full day of music.
I spoke yesterday with California banjo player Bill Evans as he was driving north from the Bay Area to do shows this weekend in Washington and Oregon. Both tonight (6/1) in Seattle, and Saturday in Bend, will find him doing his Banjo In America program, [...]
If you missed the live Goat Rodeo Sessions concert that was broadcast on PBS May 25 – or if you would like to see it again – the video is now available online. The show was recorded live at the House of Blues in Boston [...]
Gary Hultman of Birchdale, MN has been announced as the winner of the Harlow resonator guitar raffle which was conducted recently to benefit the Fayette County Humane Society in Ohio. Joe Mullins drew the winning ticket at MyClassicCountry in nearby Xenia from among the 285 $20 tickets that [...]
Bluegrass Today’s Terry Herd spent several days last week in Branson, MO at the Bluegrass & BBQ festival at Silver Dollar City. While there, he recorded a number of interviews which will run in June on his syndicated radio program, Into The Blue. It can [...]
Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out will host a 20th Anniversary concert this Saturday (6/2) at Cumberland Caverns in McMinnville, TN, the site of the Bluegrass Underground radio and television tapings. The concert will be filmed for a live DVD which the band will release [...]
I’m writing this from an airplane heading west back to North America after a short European tour. Since the flight is 9 hours long, I finished watching a mediocre movie over an hour ago, the seatbelt sign has been on for quite a while, and [...]
This is a debut column from Art Menius, who we hope will be a regular contributor at Bluegrass Today. Art has many years’ experience as a writer, and in the organizational realm of traditional music. His will be a welcome voice on our site. [Portions [...]
1: If Leigh were a soup and Eric a sandwich, what kind of soup and sandwich combo would you be? Leigh: Pea soup and bacon sandwich Eric: Tomato soup and bologna sandwich 2: What are your favorite 4-letter words? Leigh: Tony and Rice Eric: [...]
Last week, based on comments I received here and elsewhere, it seems that I suddenly became the best friend of sound engineers, simply by making an attempt to tell their side of the story. Now, could I get just a little more guitar in the [...]
Every Saturday I take my mother two Reese’s cups. She lives in a residential care facility with four other ninety-somethings and a rotating cast of under-appreciated care providers. She often calls me by my father’s name, her father’s name, or her little brother’s name (who’s [...]
With a recent party at Margaritaville in Nashville, TN, Brand New Strings released their latest project on Rural Rhythm Records. Their sophomore release, appropriately titled Stay Tuned, features more great material from band members Mike Ramsey, Stuart Wyrick, Randall Massengill, Preston Schmidt, and Tony Mowell. With a fresh, [...]
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Here’s a new music video from Michigan’s most cleverly named bluegrass band, Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys. It’s for the song All Day, from their upcoming album Release Your Shrouds, set for a June 25 release. They recorded the video live at Troubadour Studios in Lansing, [...]
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The music world yet lost another legend this evening with the passing of guitar virtuoso Doc Watson, who was 89. The eight-time Grammy winner died shortly after 7:00 p.m. (EDT) at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC after undergoing surgery for an [...]
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Canada’s Spinney Brothers encountered a hazard to navigation last night when they had almost made it home from several dates in the US. One of the furry woodland creatures stepped out into the road and nearly put an end to the band. I’ll let Rick [...]
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If you have followed bluegrass music more than ten years or so, you’ll recall a band from Colorado called Front Range. They had a string of successful records and toured all over the US until the death of a band member brought the enterprise to [...]
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In today’s music world there’s a whole lot more to starting a band than merely getting together with four to five guys, hacking out some tunes, booking, and playing shows. Each band must strive to create their own sound, generate original material, and ultimately find [...]
Stay Tuned – Brand New Strings
With a recent party at Margaritaville in Nashville, TN, Brand New Strings released their latest project on Rural Rhythm Records. Their sophomore release, appropriately titled Stay Tuned, features more great material from band members Mike Ramsey, Stuart Wyrick, Randall Massengill, Preston Schmidt, and Tony Mowell. With a fresh, [...]
Southern Roots and Branches – Marty Raybon
Marty Raybon is perhaps best known as the lead singer of popular 90’s country band Shenandoah, which had number one hits with such songs as Sunday in the South and Two Dozen Roses. However, he has also released several projects which show his bluegrass influences. [...]
Carrie Hassler has been working hard since her last release (2008’s CHHR2), and her efforts shine on her most recent project for Rural Rhythm Records, the solo album The Distance. The album debuted at number 10 on Billboard’s Bluegrass chart, and its first single, Luxury [...]
For the past 25 years, Darrel and Phyllis Adkins of Adkins Productions have hosted the Bluegrass Classic music festival in Columbus, Ohio. After their daughter, Mandy, passed away from an inoperable brain tumor in 2000, they joined with numerous bluegrass musicians to turn their annual [...]
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