Bluegrass festival/concert news

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

We've just enjoyed back-to-back sets by Trampled by Turtles and the Emmit-Nershi Band. If the Turtles got paid by the note they could retire...that is some blazing bluegrass. Emmit-Nershi is an interesting marriage of bluegrass royalty, Drew Emmit of Leftover Salmon

While the big names in bluegrass are tearing up the main stage at DelFest, a smaller but very important event is taking place on the side stage. This year’s Bluegrass Band Competition featured 8 bands, (Dirty River, Midnight Drive, Mama Corn,

Rise and SHINE Campers! The sun is out, Hoots & Hellmouth are on stage and we're ready for the second full day of DelFest. Last night's main stage performances were incredible. I wasn't sure, honestly, what to expect from Del McCoury and

Here's another update from Greg Cahill on the 2011 Special Consensus European tour. We only had 2 hours sleep when we were shuttled to the airport in Oslo to catch the plane to Copenhagen on Wednesday. We were on time (after