Bluegrass festival/concert news

  • Heart of Kentucky Winterfest ’07

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    Scheduled for January 5-6, 2007 in Lebanon, KY, the Heart of Kentucky Winterfest '07 is almost upon us. The festival will feature performances, workshops, and a battle of the bands. The Battle of the Bluegrass Bands will be held on Jan

  • Bluegrass fusion at The Blue Note

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    The legendary New York jazz club, Blue Note, will host six days of jazz/bluegrass fusion next month. Bill Evans' Soulgrass is booked January 23-28, with Sam Bush on mandolin and Tony Trischka on banjo. They join noted jazz saxophonist Evans

  • Garrison Keillors’ New Year’s Eve Special

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    If you are looking for something to do this New Year's Eve, here's an option you might consider. Garrison Keillor, from A Prairie Home Companion, will be hosting a live New Year's Eve broadcast from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

  • Doyle and Crowe play Mountain Stage

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    Here's a show you may want to hurry up and buy tickets for if you are able to attend. Mountain Stage, in Charleston, WV, will be taping a live show on Sunday, February 11th, 2007 featuring J.D. Crowe & The

  • Crooked Still to England in January

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    Boston-based quartet Crooked Still is heading back to the UK in January 2007. They have four dates in England (1/21-24), followed by an appearance at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow on the 25th. Find info on all their dates on

  • Telluride and Rockygrass – 2007

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    Planet Bluegrass has announced the preliminary artist lineup for it's 34th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival. This festival has become a destination festival that people travel from all over the world to attend. After looking at the lineup for next year,

  • Casey Driessen’s China trip photos online

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    Last month, we passed along some information about The Sparrow Quartet's lengthy tour of China. The quartet includes Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck on banjo, Casey Driessen on fiddle, and Ben Sollee on cello. Casey created a slide show of photos

  • 2007 SPBGMA Awards Nominees Announced

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    The Society for the Preservation of BlueGrass Music of America has announced the nominees for it's 24th Annual Bluegrass Music Awards. The convention is scheduled to be held at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, TN on February 1-4,

  • Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer on tour in January

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    Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer will spend two weeks touring together in mid-January, 2007. The tour will take them primarily through the southern and central parts of the US, from 1/13-1/28. Thile has long been known as a startlingly gifted young