The Purple Hulls at the 2024 Bluegrass Heritage Festival - photo © Nate Dalzell Thanks to Alan Tompkins, member of the Board of Directors of the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation in Dallas, TX, we have these photos from their 2024 Bluegrass Heritage
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Photos from the 2024 Toccoa Ritz Bluegrass Festival
Russell Moore at the 2024 Toccoa Ritz Bluegrass Festival - photo © Brad Holbrooks Edgar Loudermilk shared a wealth of photos from his Toccoa Ritz Bluegrass Festival, held earlier this month in Georgia. They were taken by Brad Holbrooks of Brad's
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What is Jerry Garcia doing in Owensboro?
This report on the new temporary exhibit at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Jerry Garcia - A Bluegrass Journey, is a contribution from Steve Levine, a life long concert photographer and writer in Austin, TX. Nicknamed "Captain Trips,"
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Photos from Suwannee Spring Reunion 2024
Keller Williams' Pettygrass at the 2024 Suwannee Spring Reunion - photo © Corey Johnson-Erday Corey Johnson-Erday with Tune Ridge Media spent a late March weekend in Live Oak, FL for the 2024 Suwannee Spring Reunion at the lovely Spirit of the
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WSVS celebrates 77 years of bluegrass and “pure country” in Crewe, VA
This report is a contribution from Tasker Fleming, host of the Front Porch Bluegrass Show which airs on WSPC (Albemarle, NC), WIZS (Henderson, NC), and WSVS (Crewe, VA), plus live streaming on Nextdoorradio.com. It celebrates the long history of WSVS
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50th annual Nova Scotia Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Festival report
This article is a contributions from Bluegrass Canada, the bluegrass music association of Canada, and their quarterly magazine by the same name. Editor Mike Higgins has promised to send us regular updates from the scene up north, and assures us
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Gabriel Ramírez passes
This remembrance of Catalan banjo player Gabriel Ramírez is a contribution from his student and friend, Lluis Gomez, now the premiere banjo player in northeastern Spain. Noted Spanish banjoist Gabriel Ramírez, also known as Gabi or Gabe, has died following a
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Missy Raines & Allegheny in Durham, NC
Missy Raines at Magnetic Sound Studios (2/21/24) - photo © Becky Johnson Becky Johnson, the original Mrs. Bluegrass, shared these photos from the visit from Missy Raines & Allegheny on February 21 to Magnetic Sound Studios in Durham, NC. The band
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Sicard Hollow in Kansas City, MO
Sicard Hollow at The RINO in Kansas City (2/10/24) - photo © Allison Scavo This report is a contribution from Allison Scavo of Scavo's Photos. Sicard Hollow is an upbeat funk bluegrass band with dips into almost punk rock. The groovy bass
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Great American Vintage BassFest at SPBGMA 2024
This report is a contribution from Alan Tompkins with the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation in Dallas, TX. It originally appeared on their web site. The Bluegrass Heritage Foundation was proud to help facilitate a friendly, educational gathering for players and collectors of