The PacJAM Ramblers at the 2024 Earl Scruggs Music Festival - photo © G. Nicholas Hancock For the third year in a row, kids and parents involved with the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) and the Young Appalachian Musicians (YAM) programs enjoyed
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Final photos from the 2024 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival
Kids Academy students on stage at the 2024 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival - photo © Frank Baker Here we have Frank Baker's final installment of images taken at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival over Labor Day weekend. These include some wonderful
Old Time Almost Fridays launches in Cambridge, MA
We heard this week from Tony Watt, who is becoming one of the Boston region's top bluegrass impresarios, in addition to his work as a bluegrass instructor and performer. Recently he's been helming Bluegrass Tuesdays at Lily P's restaurant in Cambridge,
2024 Mountain City Fiddlers Convention results
Grand Champion Timon Veelenturf from the Netherlands with his prize fiddle - photo © Dustin Nelson This past weekend saw the second edition of the resurrected Mountain City Fiddlers Convention under the direction and management of The Kody Norris Show, in
Still more Delaware Valley photos from Frank Baker
Asleep at the Wheel at the 2024 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival - photo © Frank Baker Here is another gallery of Frank Bakers portraits from the 2024 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, capturing some of the musical diversity of the offerings culled
More photos from 2024 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival
The Po' Ramblin' Boys at the 2024 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival - photo © Frank Baker Continuing with our photo coverage of the 52nd annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, here's another gallery of Frank Baker's terrific images from the Labor Day
The Roots of Summergrass: San Diego’s premier bluegrass festival
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road at the 2024 Summergrass - photo © David K. Cupp This report on the genesis of San Diego, CA's Summergrass, which recently ran August 16-18, comes courtesy of Terry Brewer. Twenty-two years ago, a group of passionate
Photos from the 2024 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival
Del McCoury Band at the 2024 Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival - photo © Frank Baker Frank Baker was on hand again this year at the 52nd annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival, held in Woodstown, NJ at the Salem County Fairgrounds. He
Classic Promotions and Jordan Entertainment take ownership of three NC festivals
Bluegrass musicians and festival promoters, Allen Dyer and Lorraine Jordan, have added two more festivals, the North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival and the McDowell County Country Round Up (both held in Marion) to their portfolio. The pair recently announced the
Gary Brewer announces Finley Fest in September
The Brewgrass mister himself, Gary Brewer, and his bluegrass family, i.e., The Kentucky Ramblers, in the persons of sons Wayne and Mason Brewer, have kept themselves plenty busy so far in 2024. They've been out on tour supporting Gary's latest