Bluegrass festival/concert news

Here's your Bluegrass Weather Report for the big SPBGMA weekend in Nashville. There's snow on the ground this morning, and lots of music in the air.  

Sitting here in my Tennessee home tonight, with an ice storm having passed through the area today and being on our 3rd consecutive week of snow events that included “Thunder Snow” last week, the mind wanders to happier times when

Bluegrass Today will have a presence at this year's annual convention of the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass in America. There will be live concerts, showcase stages, a banjo workshop, a band competition, and the annual SPBGMA awards presentations over

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with good news for this weekend, unless you're in the path of a winter storm.  

We posted earlier this week about The Grascals being invited to perform at one of the many Inaugural Balls held in Washington on Monday to celebrate the installation of President Obama for his second term. Thanks to the folks at Laughing

Here's another report from Greg Cahill on Special C's ongoing tour of Ireland and the UK. We are having a wonderful time over here - as always. Last Thursday we played in a historic town called Limavady and then drove through

They teased us at the IBMA Awards in September with a short performance, but the true magic is about to begin – the Masters of Bluegrass will finally be taking the stage this weekend. The band makes its premiere in

An all-star collaboration concert has been scheduled for February 12 to celebrate the life and music of Mike Auldridge, who died after a lengthy illness on Dec 28, 2012. Mike's influence on the worlds of bluegrass and resonator guitar can scarcely

Frank Baker was on hand when Gooseneck Rockers performed at The Holly Inn in Mount Holly Springs, PA this past weekend (1/19/13), and sent along this gallery of photos. The Rockers are a new group, featuring veteran performers Tom Adams on

Multi-award-winning bluegrass band, the Grascals, will perform at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian on Monday, January 21st, at 7:00 p.m., for a celebration of the Inauguration of the President of the United States, Barack Obama. The Native