The Oldtone Roots Music Festival, held this past eight years in North Hillsdale, NY, has announced that the festival has come to an end. Their web site has been reconfigured to show nothing but an opening page with the following text: With
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MerleFest celebrates two major milestones in 2023
The venerable MerleFest, held in April each year in Wilkesboro, NC, is set to celebrate two meaningful anniversaries at the 2023 festival. First off, this will be the 35th annual MerleFest, and this year marks what would have been the
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Rosta Capek presents… a great anniversary concert in Prague!
Prague-based banjo and mandolin builder, Rosťa Čapek, is having a double celebration in the spring - his 55th birthday, and the fifth wedding anniversary of what his wife, Iva, describes as "our Big Bluegrass Wedding." To mark these occasions, he
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North Carolina fiddlers conventions return after 3 year hiatus
In the wake of the school shut downs due to the COVID 19 outbreak, three central North Carolina fiddlers' conventions held in school buildings are finally returning this spring, with a few changes. Star Fiddlers' Convention will resume for its 96th
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Molly Tuttle takes trophy at 2023 International Folk Music Awards
At last night's International Folk Music Awards, held in Kansas City, MO as a component of the 2023 Folk Alliance International Conference, Molly Tuttle won in the Album of the Year category for her current project on Nonesuch Records with
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The Caverns announces Big Mouth Bluegrass Festival
The good folks at The Caverns in Grundy, TN, filming site for the popular The Caverns Sessions program on PBS and home of the CaveFest jamgrass event launched last fall, have announced a new festival for the Fourth of July
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Years of Farming set to host 100th show in Kentucky
The Years of Farming Bluegrass shows in Flemingsburg, KY, hosted and managed by Paul Hinton, are in their 12th season of live bluegrass concerts. Held at the Double S Entertainment Bowling Center & JB's Grill, Paula schedules performances October through May,
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John Cowan limited touring in February
John Cowan, who earned his bluegrass stripes as the lead vocalist with New Grass Revival, has announced a short run of shows this year during his off time with The Doobie Brothers. During February he will be out with John Cowan's
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Blueridge Backroads Concert Series launches in Galax
Galax, VA has long been known as a center of bluegrass and old time music. Having hosted the legendary Old Fiddlers Convention each summer for more than eight decades, the city is also home to 98.1 Classic Country radio (WBRF),
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MidWinter Bluegrass Festival continues without Ken Seaman
The 2023 edition of the popular MidWinter Bluegrass Festival, coming up in February in Northglenn, CO, will be the first absent founder and long time organizer, Ken Seaman, who passed away in 2021 after running the event since 1986. Ads