Bluegrass festival/concert news

Jacket Copy, the Los Angeles Times books blog, carried a review today on Steve Martin's show last night (5/11) with Steep Canyon Rangers in L.A. Why the books blog, you may ask? Well, the show was a benefit for the L.A.

We got a note last week from our friend Big Mike Ramsey about an event that many of our readers will want to support. It's a benefit show scheduled for this weekend (5/9) for John Shuffler, one of the unsung

Following his appearance on Saturday night (5/2) at The Station Inn for the launch of the Paul Warren tribute CD, 89 year old bluegrass legend Curly Seckler will be on the road again this month. On this coming Saturday, May 9,

After supporting one bluegrass music veteran on several dates recently, Rebel recording artists Steep Canyon Rangers will be appearing with banjo player-cum-actor Steve Martin on the west coast at Club Nokia in Los Angeles next Monday, May 11. The show to

One of the many wonderful facets of Merlefest is the various competitions that take place each year during the festival. Firstly, there is the annual Chris Austin Songwriting Contest in which there are four categories. This year's winners are Love Gone By

We found some more great Merlefest coverage online. Cindy Baucom has posted a number of photos she took during the festival on her Knee Deep In Bluegrass blog. She has shots from stage shows, from backstage and some in the vendors'

Our friend Ted Lehmann spent last week at Merlefest, and provides some excellent reporting on his web site - along with dozens of photos of the performers, the attendees and the overall vibe. The festival has reported that more than 70,000

Merlefest gets underway today. It's one of the biggest festivals in the country and many, if not most, of your favorite bluegrass acts will be performing at some point during the week. If you're not there, but you'd like to know

Steve Dilling had agreed to share the ups and downs, in and outs of a long IIIrd Tyme Out road trip with our readers. They traveled from coast to coast, and back again, this first two weeks of April. Here

Steve Dilling has agreed to share the ups and downs, in and outs of a long IIIrd Tyme Out road trip with our readers. They will be traveling from coast to coast, and back again, this first two weeks of