Bluegrass festival/concert news

Dennis Jones has sent along quite a gallery of photos from his backstage perspective of Saturday's big show at the Red, White and Bluegrass festival in Morganton, NC. He also shared this bit of commentary on the air temperature... "It's so hot

Here are pictures from Friday at Red, White and Bluegrass, taken by Dennis Jones from his vantage point on stage. Dennis is serving as an M.C. at the festival, giving him a unique perspective not available to the average festival-goer. He

Here is the first set of photos Dennis Jones sent along from Red, White and Bluegrass.

Our friend Dennis Jones, familiar to anyone who listens to North Carolina radio powerhouse WNCW over the air or online, will be using his position as an M.C. during this weekend's Red, White and Bluegrass festival to send us ongoing

Next month, multi-talented multi-instrumentalist Sarah Jarosz will be making her first ever tour of the UK. The young Texas singer-songwriter released her second album, Follow Me Down, in May.  It was met with much acclaim in the UK music press, just

Bluegrass is an interesting musical genre. It is loved far and wide by people in rural communities, especially in the south, who can readily associate with much of the lyrical content. Yet it is also loved around the world from,

For years, the indefatigable Fred Robbins has been posting and maintaining an online archive of bluegrass memorabilia, in the form of photographs, video and audio files. His particular specialty is the early history of bluegrass festivals, from the late 1960s

And yet even more Bean Blossom video from Rural Rhythm. Here's Lou Reid & Carolina doing God's Front Porch from their Sounds Like Heaven To Me CD. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDmYnlmKC-8

This Thursday (6/23) will mark the beginning of the 2011 Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman series in downtown Nashville. The shows will run each Thursday evening through July, all of them presenting top bluegrass artists at the venerable "Mother Church"

Noted banjo stylist Tony Ellis is the featured performer tonight (6/22) on the Kennedy Center's Millenium Stage in Washington, DC. Ellis is a former Blue Grass Boy, and an alumnus of Mac Wiseman's band, working with both of these bluegrass legends