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Here's the fifth report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from bass player and founding member, Jon Goldfine. The guys have promised daily reports (with photos) from their Euro-jaunt

Here's the third report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from mandolinist and newest member, Grant Ziolkowski. The guys have promised daily reports (with photos) from their Euro-jaunt over the next week or

Here's the first report by The Henhouse Prowlers from their ongoing European tour. This comes from banjo picker and founding member, Ben Wright. The guys have promised daily reports (with photos) from their Euro-jaunt over the next week or so.

Larry Stephenson sent along this lovely remembrance of Sterling Belcher, who passed away on January 30. Sterling produced the Festival In The Pines each spring for the past 30 years. I've met many bluegrass fans, promoters, bands, etc. in my years

Special Consensus is back in Ireland, and founder/fearless leader Greg Cahill shares how their first day went. Ah... the carefree life of a touring musician! We left Chicago at 7:15pm and arrived in Dublin at 8:30am. The guys took a taxi

More tribute for recently deceased reso wizard Dave Giegerich, this time from fellow slider Cindy Cashdollar. I met Dave years ago at The Common Ground, where we were scheduled to teach a workshop together. I was not only struck by his amazing

Gary Ferguson sent along a few more thoughts on the passing of resonator guitarist Dave Giegerich earlier this week. It's a beautiful tribute to a beloved artist. As I write this, I find myself still stunned at the news of Dave’s

This post is a contribution from Steve Dilling. He will be chronicling IIIrd Tyme Out's west coast tour for Bluegrass Today in October, as he has done in the past. October 28, 2010 We pulled out of the truck stop around

When Punch Brothers performed last month at Watermelon Park in Berryville, VA, Milo Farineau found a chance to speak with fearless leader and mandolinist Chris Thile and banjoist Noam Pikelny before the show. Milo also sent along photos he took

This post is a contribution from Steve Dilling. He will be chronicling IIIrd Tyme Out's west coast tour for Bluegrass Today in October, as he has done in the past. October 26, 2010 We hit the road headed towards Bakersfield at