• Thomas Point Beach lives again

    One of the most enjoyable and relaxing festivals I ever attended back in the 1980s was the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival near Brunswick in southern Maine. A perfectly bucolic setting, along a sandy beach on one of the area's many

  • Sad news from Camp Springs Music Foundation

    We heard today from Becky Johnson with the Camp Springs Music Foundation in North Carolina. These are the folks who have been attempting to purchase the old campground and site for the legendary Camp Springs festivals once hosted by Carlton

  • Circa Blue Christmas tour starts soon

    Here's another bluegrass Christmas tour getting ready to start up next month. Circa Blue will be performing selections from their new Bells Of Home CD in a series of concerts centered around our nation's capitol in December. Just as on the

  • SOIMF makes donation to Dayton Honor Squad

    If you are the type who donates time and treasure to charitable causes, you know how habit-forming it can be. The feeling of satisfaction you get from assisting deserving and worthwhile endeavors is something that many folks cherish. Just so with

  • Donna Ulisse taking Christmas on the road

    Once again this year, Donna Ulisse is taking her Christmas album from 2012, All The Way To Bethlehem, on the road in December. This project is unique among Christmas-themed recordings, in that instead of new versions of holiday favorites, it features

  • Po’ Ramblin’ Boys make it back home

    Here’s the fifth and final report from C.J. Lewandowski on the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys‘ 2016 European tour - delayed by technical details. I want to apologize for the delayed contribution of this last installment of the European tour for PRB. After arriving home, my ears

  • CA Banjo Extravaganza this weekend

    Bill Evans' rolling banjothon series, The California Banjo Extravaganza, is pushing through northern CA this weekend with four more concerts and a workshop for banjo maniacs on the west coast. Each year Bill grabs two other top names in the banjo world,

  • Rob & Trey head down under

    Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley will be taking their duo powerhouse show to Australia next week for a series of shows in the southeastern regions of the continent. This will be their first visit to perform together in Australia. Their tour

  • Po’ Ramblin’ Boys get a taste of Germany

    Here’s the fourth report from C.J. Lewandowski on the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys‘ 2016 European tour. Full tour details can be found online. From Johan's home in Sweden, we loaded up, on the 24th, and crossed that big ol' bridge for Copenhagen. Once we hit Denmark