Bryce LaFoon, Author at Bluegrass Today

Remembering Earl at the Earl Scruggs Center

Del McCoury at the Remembering Earl Concert in Shelby, NC (2/15/25) – photo © Bryce LaFoon

Bryce LaFoon also made it out to Shelby, NC last weekend to catch Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley and the Del McCoury Band at the Earl Scruggs Center in their annual Remembering Earl concert. The show is a benefit for the Center, which houses the official Earl Scruggs Museum, located not far from where Earl was born.

Here are the images Bryce shared with us.

Mountain Grass Unit at The Orange Peel

Mountain Grass Unit at The Orange Peel (2/15/25) – photo © Bryce LaFoon

Bryce LaFoon caught Mountain Grass Unit earlier this month at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC, which followed Billy Strings’ show there in town. He has shared some images from their set.

The Unit announced a large scale run for 2025 last week, their Runnin’ From Trouble Summer Tour, which will include 50 plus dates at venues and festivals across the country. They plan to hit popular sites for their jamgrass sound like The Georgia Theatre, Terminal West, Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, and The Mint, as well as major festivals Telluride, DelFest, Northlands, and Blue Ox.

Here’s a fan video captured that night.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, February 21 for this tour, which runs from late May through September. More details on their web site.

The Wilder Flower at The Orange Peel – and new video

Madeline Dierauf with The Wilder Flower at The Orange Peel (11/20/24) – photo © Bryce LaFoon

Bryce LaFoon with Lightshifter Studios caught The Wilder Flower last night in Asheville, NC, opening for Mipso at The Orange Peel.

But before we get to his photographs, the Flower girls also have a new music video to share, a song written and sung by banjo player Molly Johnson, entitled Stronger. It’s one included on the group’s current release, If I Wait Any Longer, that nicely showcases this young lady’s talents as a singer, writer, and instrumentalist, even while still a teen.

She’s joined by bandmates Danielle Yother on guitar and Madeline Dierauf on fiddle, with Dan Hendricks on bass.

And now, Bryce’s images from last night’s show. We also see Norbert McGettigan III on bass and Ryan Stigmon on steel, both of whom appear on If I Wait Any Longer.

Molly Tuttle at The Orange Peel in Asheville

Molly Tuttle at The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC (11/13-24) – photo © Bryce LaFoon

Many thanks to Bryce LaFoon with Lightshifter Studios for this gallery of photos of Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway when they played The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC last night.

Photos from the 2024 Bristol Rhythm & Roots

Wyatt Ellis at the 2024 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion – photo by Bryce LaFoon

This past weekend saw the 2024 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, held in a number of locations along and near State Street, the line that separates Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee. Bryce LaFoon was there with his camera and shared these images of several bluegrass acts that performed there at the festival.

Thanks Bryce!

Photos from the 2024 North Carolina Guitar Celebration

Bryce Lafoon made the trek to Brevard, NC over the weekend for the North Carolina Guitar Celebration, held at the conclusion of Bryan Sutton’s Blue Ridge Guitar Camp each year. Performers included the Camp faculty (Michael Daves, Jake Workman, Chris Eldridge, Courtney Hartman, and Charlotte Carrivick), plus special guests Del McCoury, Billy Strings, Woody Platt, The Wilder Flower, and many others.

He shared this gallery of photographs from the show.