Bluegrass festival/concert news

Folks in attendance at this weekend's Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival will be in for a special treat. As part of the stellar lineup, Junior Sisk & Joe Mullins will perform music from their hit Rebel album, Hall Of Fame

This report and photos are a contribution from Jessica Boggs, a librarian and serious bluegrass fan in East Tennessee. For fans of the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? – or simply fans of great traditional bluegrass music – Gatlinburg’s Ole

There has been a good deal of excitement this past few weeks about the first-ever live performance of The Soggy Bottom Boys, the studio band that recorded Man Of Constant Sorrow for the soundtrack of O Brother, Where Art Thou

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with the Bluegrass Weather Report for this week, covering Renofest in Hartsville, NC and the live show featuring The Soggy Bottom Boys at the Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine distillery in Gatlinburg, TN.  

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper are spearheading a benefit concert this weekend for Randy Griffith, father of Flamekeeper bassist Tyler Griffith. Randy, who just turned 52, was diagnosed recently with glioblastoma multiform grade 4 (a brain tumor), and is currently undergoing radiation and chemotherapy

I’m honored to be returning to Bluegrass Today as a guest blogger in highlighting events throughout the 2014 Durango Bluegrass Meltdown. As I did with the 2013 Telluride Bluegrass Festival, I’ll attempt to gain a bit of “behind the scenes”

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with the Bluegrass Weather Report for this week, taking a look at the Withlacoochee festival in Florida.  

Tribute or themed bluegrass festivals have become quite popular of late. Many touring bands serve as hosts at weekend events, and some are held in honor of icons of the music, like A Lester Flatt Celebration held annually in Sparta,

Todd Powers shared these images of Mandolin Orange performing at the Folk Mission, located in the Straight to Ale Brewery in Huntsville, AL on March 8.   

Saturday afternoon turned sunny and warm for the last day of the Newell Lodge Festival. Frances Mooney and Fontanna Sunset kicked the day off, and were followed by the Amanda and Scott Anderson Band. Amanda is another of the fine young