Bluegrass festival/concert news

West Virginia's Circa Blue is delighted to announce that they are bringing a top flight bluegrass festival to their home base of Martinsburg. Circa Blue Fest, scheduled for May 6-8, 2016, will be hosted in cooperation with The Child Safe Center, an

Bluegrass lovers in the Piedmont area of North Carolina are getting together this weekend to honor one of their own, Bob Shue of Concord. Shue has been a major figure in the bluegrass community in central North Carolina since the 1960s,

The 40th Jekyll Island Bluegrass festival, hosted by Norman and Judy Adams, kicked off with Volume 5. This group has rapidly become a festival favorite on the bluegrass circuit. The Gary Waldrep band continued its string of consecutive appearances on the Jekyll stage.

It might not seem like an obvious pairing, but the more John Cowan described his upcoming tour with Darin & Brooke Aldridge, the more sense it made. We spoke to the former New Grass Revival vocalist/bassist and current Doobie Brother earlier

Sell out crowds enjoyed the holidays early in Pigeon Forge, TN with the Christmas in the Smokies Bluegrass Festival, December 9-12. Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road served as the host band and Royce Jordan returned as emcee for the 19th annual

I think we all enjoy buying toys for Christmas, even if we don't have small children of our own. We can all recall the excitement of finding a new toy under the tree as children, and the fun of watching our

Bill Warren was a busy boy over the weekend, taking in (and photographing) two different bluegrass events in his part of the world. On Friday, December 4th the Kentuckians of Michigan hosted a meeting and jam session of the Southeast Michigan Bluegrass

Bad news for Boxcars fans looking forward to catching the group this weekend. They have had to cancel their shows scheduled at The Down Home in Johnson City, TN and The Mountaineer Opry in Milton, WV due to illness. Lead singer

When it's time to celebrate, what could be better than a bluegrass festival? That's what the inaugural committee for newly-elected Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin thinks as well. They have invited some of the Commonwealth's top bluegrass performers to help them celebrate

Blake Johnson has been a beloved figure in bluegrass in recent years. His membership in a pair of popular touring acts, Grasstowne and IIIrd Tyme Out, brought him to the attention of a great many music lovers, and being featured on