• Bluegrass Jamboree 2013 had a good run

    We heard this afternoon from Rainer Zeller, who for the past five years has promoted a bluegrass/old time concert series in Germany during the month of December. The biggest difference between these shows, billed as Bluegrass Jamboree!, and the many

  • 5th annual Bluegrass Jamboree in central Europe

    Artists and dates have been and announced for the 5th Bluegrass Jamboree!, which brings bluegrass and Americana music to fine concert halls in Germany, Switzerland, and for the first time this year, Czech Republic. Promoter Rainer Zellner has 18 shows booked starting November

  • Foggy Hogtown Boys – Scotch and Sofa

    One of my favorite stylistic hybrids is the successful merging of old time and bluegrass music. And by successful, I more than offhanded references to another tradition, or the grassification of an old timey song or tune. It's not easy to