Sister Sadie at the 45th annual Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival - photo © Dale and Darcy Cahill Over Labor Day weekend, Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival celebrated its 45th birthday with an amazing line up, and a typically enthusiastic crowd
Michael Cleveland with The Travelin' McCourys at GMBR '24 - photo courtesy of the festival Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots festival's fifth season once again included a mixture of traditional bluegrass and roots artists, singer/songwriters, and three days of a well-managed
At the end of May, Jacob Jolliff released his latest album, Instrumentals, Vol. 2: Mandolin Mysteries, on Adhyaropa Records. If you are familiar with Jolliff, you have probably listened to Instrumentals Vol 1, released in 2018 when Jacob was a
Twisted Pine at the Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots festival - photo by Dale Cahill Twisted Pine has been on the road now for nine years, having originally joined forces in 2013 when they played primarily bluegrass tunes. Bluegrass was common
The Gibson Brothers at the 2023 Thomas Point Beach Festival - photo © Dale Cahill The 44th Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival was held under blue skies this year. Thomas Point's typically enthusiastic crowd of veterans and newcomers filled the seats
Mighty Poplar at the 2023 Green Mountain festival - photo © Dale Cahill In just four years, Jill and John Turpin have worked hard to create in the Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots festival an event which matches their vision of
Authentic Unlimited at the 2023 Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival - photo by Dale Cahill Another Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival in Goshen, CT is in the books, and it may be the best one we have attended. The sun shone for most
Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart at the 2022 Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival It was clear at the 2022 Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival in Brunswick, ME that strict COVID protocols have been mostly lifted. Attendance was great and they sold out of
Punch Brothers at the Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots festival (8/20/22) - photo by Dale Cahill Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots festival which takes place at Hunter Park in Manchester, Vermont, kicked off its third annual festival with a stellar line
Colorado is well known for having a vibrant bluegrass scene across the state. Much of this is thanks to two events which took place during the '70s just a mountain range apart. In Denver, a group of bluegrass musicians and pickers
