Bluegrass festival/concert news

In mid July (July 13th and 14th, 2007) at the Watermelon Park in Berryville, VA, bluegrass fans will be treated to some very special entertainment. Former band members and special guests will join each other on stage to present a

Brance mentioned last month - just ahead of the Merlefest weekend - that a number of live onlive audio streams would be available from the festival, and that audio archives would be available as well after the fact. You can find

John posted Saturday with his review of the Tony Rice/AKUS concert we attended Friday evening. Here are my thoughts on the concert after a weekend of reflection on the show. As John said in his post, we missed the first couple

This past weekend saw the awarding of the prizes for European bluegrass bands at the European World of Bluegrass festival, and we are delighted to see that G2, a young Swedish band we recommended to you all last fall, came

Sammy Shelor has just posted some live video clips on the Lonesome River Band web site, shot this past March at the Moncton High School in Moncton, NB. The video was shot by an audience member with a handheld camera,

Brance and I had the good fortune to attend last night's concert in Salem, VA by Tony Rice with Alison Krauss & Union Station, featuring Jerry Douglas. That's a long name for a concert bill, but with the stature of

Mountain Heart is set to start work next week on their next CD - a live recording to be tracked at a number of shows over the next few weeks. Mandolinist Adam Steffey told us this morning that they had long

Downtown Nashville will soon become home to the 2007 CMA Music Festival. The event is held annually in downtown Nashville, TN and features over 70 hours of concerts in four days. Each year upwards of 160,000 country music fans attend

Jimbo Whaley has a combo CD/DVD project set for release this weekend, An Evening With Jimbo Whaley & Friends. It was recorded (filmed) live at the Smith Family Theater in Pigeon Forge, TN in March of this year, and the

The Enchantment, the upcoming banjo/piano duet recording from Chick Corea and B?©la Fleck, which Brance briefly described earlier this month, is due for release May 22 on Concord Records. The making of this highly-anticipated CD is the focus of a short