Karl Shiflett

This report, and photos, from Bean Blossom 2012 are a contribution from MaryE Yeomans, who we hope will be a regular correspondent and photographer for Bluegrass Today. It’s a hot one here today, the eighth and final day of the Bill

Take Me Back, the upcoming release from Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show, won't officially be available until July, but radio programmers can access it now at Airplay Direct. While you need a radio account to download the tracks, anyone

An entire recent show by Karl Shiflett & Big Country has been posted online. The video runs just short of two hours, and highlights Shiflett's strong new band, and their highly entertaining style of old school bluegrass. With Karl is Chris

From the home of Colt’s Patent Firearms, Mark Twain and America’s insurance industry — Hartford, CT — comes an intimate Sunday afternoon bluegrass club experience at the award-winning Firebox Restaurant. Located at 539 Broad Street, in the shadow of the

Pinecastle Music has announced that Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show have signed with the label, and will release a new CD, Take Me Back, by late Spring. Shifflett goes way past a traditionalist approach with his music. Throwback might be the

Take Me Back is the name of the upcoming project from Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, expected in January 2012 on Karl's KSBC Music label. This will be his first new release since 2003, and serves to introduce a number of

Virginia fiddler Billy Hurt is the newest member of Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show. This gig is right up Billy's alley. If there is a fiddler out there with a greater love, knowledge and understanding of the roots of traditional

This contribution comes from Dick Bowden, who will be a regular correspondent on Bluegrass Today. Here he files his detailed report on the resurrected Thomas Point Beach festival, held this past Labor Day weekend near Brunswick, Maine after having heard

Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show are giving a special performance in Lubbock, TX on April 22 as a benefit for the family of Jake Jenkins. Jake, a former member of Big Country Show, was killed late last month when his