Bluegrass festival/concert news

BBC World Television is featuring Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in the first episode of it's series, Destination Music. Each week the series highlights the music of a different country. Week one is America and bluegrass music is the focus! Destination Music

California bluegrass banjo player Bill Evans has teamed with the legendary old-time and bluegrass musician Jody Stecher to present an all-banjo duo show that they call The Secret Life of Banjos. For these shows, the pair play on a

This post is a contribution from Murphy Henry. Murphy is well know for her instructional method that uses no tab. Be sure to visit her site murphymethod.com to learn more about, and purchase, her teaching and instructional materials. I'm just

This post is a contribution from Brad Davis. Brad is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has worked with a literal who's-who of bluegrass music. Visit Brad online at braddavismusic.com. Several weekends ago, I was called to perform with

March 26, 2006 is the date for a very special Grand Ole Opry show at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. The show is a part of three week festival at The Kennedy Center,

3 Fox Drive will be headed west next month, with a number of show dates in California in mid-January of '06. The Nashville-based bluegrass band will be stopping in Tuolomne, Berkeley, Los Gatos and Redding between January 18-21. They will be

We posted last month about a benefit show to help with the financial obligations of Jed Bulla's family. They were left with substantial obligations following his tragic death this past summer. That show was to have been held last Thursday, but

The nominees for the 2006 Bluegrass Music Awards from the Society For The Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America have been released. The winners will be announced and the awards handed out during the annual SPBGMA convention, held in Nashville

Tickets for the 2006 Rockygrass and Telluride Bluegrass Festival are now on sale. LYONS, COLORADO "? Tickets for all the Planet Bluegrass festivals "? Telluride Bluegrass Festival (June 15-18, 2006), Rockygrass (July 28-30), and RockyGrass Academy (July 23-27) are on sale

We received another batch of photos from the Vilnius Bluegrass festival, the first of its kind to be held in Lithuania, about which we reported a few times recently here and here. Click either of the photos below to see