Our intrepid festival team of Milo and Diane Farineau are venturing to The Festy this weekend, The Infamous Stringdusters' festival near Charlottesville, VA. They will have photos and reports each day - as Internet service allows - and will be sleuthing
Rudy’s Bluegrass in the Woods is as comfortable and cozy a site for a bluegrass festival as you will find in the South. Located in rural Anderson, SC, Rudy’s was established by the late Rudy Lowe. It is now owned
This report on the 2011 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco this past weekend comes from our friend Elizabeth Wightman with Steelbridge Insurance Services. Hardly Strictly is a completely free event, held each year at Golden Gate Park. We arrived
Every year for the past decade Warren Hellman has promoted the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival and Hazel Dickens has been one of the headline acts. Sadly, this year Hazel Dickens, the prime reason that venture capitalist Hellman started the free festival,
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver are teaming up with singing country sweethearts Joey + Rory for a just-announced, 2012 package show billing as the Boots & Bibs Tour. The name comes from Doyle's signature fancy-pants boots, and Rory's trademark bibovers. Joey + Rory features
Saturday, September 24 was a grand evening at the Nashville Symphony. Béla Fleck's Concerto for Banjo was the obvious centerpiece of the night, but the piece was bookended by two symphonic pieces, the first being Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring (with a transcendently serene outro). Next
If you're attending IBMA this year and looking for some fresh, new, and exciting talent, you should make a point to attend the Mast Farm Inn's Emerging Artist Series. Henri Deschamps of the Mast Farm Inn wanted to find a way
We have learned that Ray Hicks, a popular radio host in Missouri and a founding member of IBMA, suffered a stroke this summer. Ray spent several month convalescing in a nursing home, and is now living with his son facing
This interview with Béla Fleck was conducted by fellow banjoist Jake Schepps, who will review the Concerto based on Saturday's performance. Jake's latest CD, An Evening In The Village, also places the banjo in a classical setting, drawing on the
Dennis Jones, our bluegrass buddy from WNCW, sent along this gallery of photos from last weekend's Mountain Song Festival in Brevard, NC. The festival is hosted each year by Steep Canyon Rangers, with proceeds going to benefit area Boys and
