• Saturday afternoon at FloydFest

    What a stellar afternoon at FloydFest. It went something like this: Hot Tuna Acoustic followed by Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, followed by Larry Keel, Jorma Kaukonen, and Barry Mitterhoff, with special guest Nate Leath. We barely had time to catch

  • Friday FloydFest report

    The winners of the 2010 FloydFest Under The Radar Artist competition, Big Daddy Love currently hail from North Carolina but ironically all have roots in the Galax, Virginia area. “It’s funny” said front man, accoustic guitaris and songwriter Daniel Smith, “my

  • FloydFest 2011 coverage begins today

    Here is a quick report from FloydFest 2011, with many more to come throughout the weekend. Greetings from the beautiful Shenandoah Parkway, in Floyd, Virginia, site of the 10th annual Floydfest festival! This is the biggest festival I've ever been to. There

  • Steel Wheels and Dehlia Low

    Have you seen this band? If you haven’t, please proceed to their website immediately, spend the day getting to know them, listen to their music and then please make plans to catch them the next time they are anywhere near you. Their

  • DelFest Monday

    Good Morning and, sadly, Good bye DelFesters! Tents are folding, campers are starting to roll and the huge task of trash and recycling sorting has begun. Kudos to Clean Vibes for making our campgrounds here in Cumberland not only clean but

  • Saturday Night LIVE at DelFest

    Maybe it was just coincidental that there were a lot of songs about rain last night. While it hasn’t rained since Friday the after affects are still with us and anyone who saw any of the amazing performances up close

  • DelFest band competition 2011

    And the winner is …….. Congratulations to the winner of the 4th DelFest Annual Bluegrass Band Competition, the Mon River Ramblers!    Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA this 5 piece band  may look like the traditional line up but it was their cover

  • Saturday DelFest update

    We've just enjoyed back-to-back sets by Trampled by Turtles and the Emmit-Nershi Band. If the Turtles got paid by the note they could retire...that is some blazing bluegrass. Emmit-Nershi is an interesting marriage of bluegrass royalty, Drew Emmit of Leftover Salmon