Events

On Saturday, December 3, 2011, J. D. Crowe & The New South, with special guests Alison Krauss and Dan Tymnski, will perform a concert at Powell County High School in Stanton, Kentucky to benefit underprivileged children.  As a part of

Sierra Hull has shared a few of the photos she took last Monday when she appeared at the White House in Washington, DC with Alison Krauss. Hull was selected, along with Dan Tyminski, to accompany Alison on the show, a

I live 5 hours from Denver and in the summer it is an easy, sometimes busy drive. This time of year it can be clear, beautiful and not a bit problematic. It can also involve full-on winter conditions. For my

This report is a contribution from Katy Daley, morning host on WAMU's Bluegrass Country, and long-time observer of the DC bluegrass scene. It's appropriate the Scene's 40th Anniversary show was held Thanksgiving weekend, a time traditionally set aside for family and

Frank Wakefield spent a lot of time Saturday night telling people how lousy he is. “I’m the world’s worst mandolin player,” he told a full house in Garrett Park, Md. “If you don’t believe it, just ask me.” Later, after the

Every November and March, a couple thousand bluegrass fans from all across the continent flood the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, OH for one of the top indoor bluegrass festivals in the country: The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival. The festival is

In addition to having a once in a lifetime date (11/11/11), all guests in attendance at the Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival this past Friday experienced a once in a lifetime Veterans’ Day. The focal point of the evening was

There’s gold in them thar hills! I don’t know if that’s ever really been said, but it came true last Saturday night in Grass Valley, California, when the Anderson Family Bluegrass Band invited Menlo Park, CA-based Windy Hill to come

Progressive banjo icon Ryan Cavanaugh is touring this month in Europe with jazz saxophonist Bill Evans, in support of Evans' new release, Dragonfly. The album is the third release with Evans' Soulgrass band, which mixes his contemporary jazz with elements of

Last weekend's LEAF (Lake Eden Arts Festival), in Black Mountain, NC,  was ushered in by a fairly brutal cold front, which meant steady winds and  frigid temps, but fortunately, sunny skies. Although this isn't a specifically bluegrass festival, it is