Bluegrass festival/concert news

We all know that bluegrass music is a performance art, but here's a story that puts a new twist on that. Brenda Behr is an artist in the paint and canvas sense of the word. But she also loves bluegrass music.

The White Sands Music Festival in Milton, FL will be operating a live webcam from the stage tonight (4/18) and all day Saturday (4/19) while the festival is underway. Performers include Blue Moon Rising, Gary Waldrep, Nothin' Fancy and hosts White

The famous Wheeling, West Virginia, radio programme, the Wheeling Jamboree, on WWVA 1170AM, returns the air on Saturday, April 19. The Wheeling Jamboree Inc. will host their first show from John Marshall Center for the Performing Arts in Glen Dale,

The Riverbend Bluegrass Festival in Ocilla, GA begins today, and BluegrassRadio.org will be on hand to record all of the main stage performances this weekend. Artists to be recorded include Grasstowne, Lou Reid and Carolina, The Chapmans, and more. The Grasstowne performance

Festival season has officially begun and this last weekend saw bluegrass fans from all over converging on Farmington, NC for the 1st Annual FarmFest at Farmington Dragway. Festival organizers tell me the event was a success and plans are already underway

Driving my truck to the office this morning I realized I needed to stop and fill the tank. That is a major financial commitment on a vehicle like mine. As I watched the pump quickly soar through the dollar signs,

Thanks to everyone who participated in our contest last week to see Tony Rice with Mountain Heart Heart in Bristol, TN on Saturday (4/12). Our winners were: Joel Marley - Morganton, NC Jason Davis - Rose Hill, VA Tim Carter - Limestone, TN Paige Clifton

Jimmy Gaudreau and Moondi Klein, whose Rebel CD 2:10 Train was released earlier in March, are scheduled to tour with Emmylou Harris this summer. They will open for her starting in mid-June, with dates currently booked running through the end of

Don't forget that noon on Friday (4/11 - EDT) is the deadline to enter the contest drawing for free tickets to see Mountain Heart and Tony Rice in Bristol, TN on Saturday. Five winners will each receive 2 tickets to the

Pickers from all over Europe, as well as a few from here in the states, will be gathering the Dutch village of Voorthuizen next month for the 11th annual European World of Bluegrass Festival. The festival takes place May 1-3,