Bluegrass festival/concert news

  • URI shuts down The Boxcars this weekend

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    Bad news for Boxcars fans looking forward to catching the group this weekend. They have had to cancel their shows scheduled at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN and The Mountaineer Opry in Milton, WV due to illness. Lead singer

  • Bluegrass festival for Kentucky Governor

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    When it's time to celebrate, what could be better than a bluegrass festival? That's what the inaugural committee for newly-elected Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin thinks as well. They have invited some of the Commonwealth's top bluegrass performers to help them celebrate

  • Blake Johnson benefit this weekend

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    Blake Johnson has been a beloved figure in bluegrass in recent years. His membership in a pair of popular touring acts, Grasstowne and IIIrd Tyme Out, brought him to the attention of a great many music lovers, and being featured on

  • Claire Lynch Holiday tour dates

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    The Claire Lynch Band is kicking their Holiday! tour into full gear this week, running through the end of next week. Featuring songs from last year's CD by the same name, Claire and the guys have a string of concerts savoring

  • Athy: end of a Chapter 

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    Following our recent report about the Athy Bluegrass Festival in Ireland, we now learn that organizer, Tony O’Brien, has decided that the 25th anniversary festival will be the last. In an open letter, O’Brien, who was the chief organizer of the

  • Christmas in the Valley tour starts soon

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    Rick Lang & Friends, Blackstone Valley Bluegrass, and Amy Gallatin & Roger Williams are preparing to launch the 2015 edition of their Christmas in the Valley tour through New England. Running from December 4-19, they will stop in six cities

  • Ernie & Debi Evans salvage Yeehaw Junction

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    The bluegrass festival saviors have another notch in their belt. Ernie and Debi Evans have announced that a deal has been struck to hold the popular Yeehaw Junction festival in a new location. The Evans's had contracted last year with the festival's

  • David Holt’s State of Music November 22

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    A concert is scheduled for November 22 at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC to start production for season 2 of David Holt’s State of Music. The show, created in cooperation with UNC-TV, is syndicated nationally through PBS. Holt hosts, and performs

  • Saturday at SOIMF 2015

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    Saturday at SOIMF - to regulars, and the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival to everyone else - kicked off with a breakfast for the members of the Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers Fan Club. Kenny Smith, Buddy Robertson, and Michael