Bluegrass festival/concert news

Music City Roots, Whole Foods Grocery and Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen have put together a promotional contest that will bring dinner and a concert to your home. It's a little something Solivan bills as the Dirty Kitchen Experience. As his

Mike Kelly has posted a good many photos from this past Saturday's Phil Leadbetter benefit show at Dumplin' Valley in Kodak, TN. A number of top bluegrass acts donated their time to help raise money to cover some of the

Banjoist Ryan Cavanaugh has taken to Kickstarter to raise the necessary funds for an upcoming tour with his new band, No Man's Land. The bluegrass world noticed Ryan in the first half of the aughts when he took home trophies from

Here is the last batch of DelFest photos from Milo Farineau, taken Saturday night and during Sunday's final set of performances. A big shout out to Diane and Milo Farineau for their coverage of Del's Memorial Day bash. We plan to

We received a note on Monday from Richard Hawkins, who reports for both the Bluegrass Ireland Blog and the European Bluegrass Blog. He wanted to let us know about the terrific photo-essay he recently published, covering the 3rd annual Red Wine

Good Morning and, sadly, Good bye DelFesters! Tents are folding, campers are starting to roll and the huge task of trash and recycling sorting has begun. Kudos to Clean Vibes for making our campgrounds here in Cumberland not only clean but

This Saturday (6/4), friends and supporters of Phil Leadbetter will assemble at the Dumplin' Valley Farm in Kodak, TN to host a benefit concert. Phil received a diagnosis of Hodgkin's Lymphoma in March of this year. He has since undergone a

Maybe it was just coincidental that there were a lot of songs about rain last night. While it hasn’t rained since Friday the after affects are still with us and anyone who saw any of the amazing performances up close

And the winner is …….. Congratulations to the winner of the 4th DelFest Annual Bluegrass Band Competition, the Mon River Ramblers!    Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA this 5 piece band  may look like the traditional line up but it was their cover

Here's another batch of photos from Saturday's (5/28) activities at DelFest 2011. They were taken by music photographer G. Milo Farineau. Milo has shot several times for Bluegrass Today, and is currently assembling images for a book that examines American music