Bluegrass festival/concert news

This post is a contribution from Mike Reed, who shares his experiences at the recent Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival. See his profile here. Start with a beautiful Texas October weekend. Add the beautiful Farmers Branch Historical Park location and mix in some

Sirius XM will present a series of four Dierks Bentley concerts this week, each aired live from a different New York City venue. They will be broadcast on The Highway channel (Sirius 60, XM 16), starting this evening (Monday -

What does a professional bluegrass act do when the power goes out at an outdoor festival? If you're Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, you just wander out into the audience and continue on with the show. Dave Roye (aka Crawdaddy Dave)

A benefit concert has been scheduled for October 30 to help defray medical expenses for Charlie Louvin, who is being treated for pancreatic cancer. Charlie is, of course, half of the legendary Louvin Brothers who had a string of hits in

Next week, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out are loading up the bus for a 12 day road trip to the west coast and back. They have 10 shows scheduled in California and Arizona, and banjo man Steve Dilling will once

Milo Farineau took in the debut Festy Experience, the recently-concluded three day music event headlined by The Infamous Stringdusters adjacentent to the Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Nelson County, Virginia. The entertainment featured a who's who of modern bluegrass and jam

Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper performed yesterday (10/10) at the Pickin' in the Park Festival Clear Brook, Virginia. Sharing the bill was Stoney Creek, who sent along some great photos of the day in the park. The Stoney Creek folks perform primarily

We posted back in August about the upcoming Hot Rize tour this fall, the band's first since the passing of original guitarist Charles Sawtelle in 1999. They will spend 10 days on the road, hitting clubs and theaters across the

Bluestar is a new "special project" band recently formed to tour in support of Rick Lang's terrific Look To The Light CD. The album features a powerful lineup of bluegrass all-stars on a set of Rick's original Gospel music, several

This past Friday (9/24) saw the 2010 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert held in Bethesda, MD. This is an annual event, honoring the various recipients of each year's substantial fellowship awards. Among the 2010 recipients were bluegrass icons, Del McCoury and