Daniel Mullins will be reporting from the 2015 Bean Blossom Festival all week, as Internet service in the campground allows. Check back each day for his reports and photos. Day 1 of the 49th Annual Bill Monroe Memorial Bluegrass Festival in
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44th annual Deer Creek Fiddlers Convention
For a time, starting in 1972, the Deer Creek Fiddlers Convention was a big deal in the Maryland music scene. People flocked to the festival, first in Harford County, then in Carroll County, on the serene grounds of the county
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Jerry Douglas and Mountain Heart
We got a note this week from Josh Shilling with Mountain Heart, telling about what a blast they had jamming and hanging out with The Earls of Leicester while they were in Utah. Are there two string bands more at
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Last batch from Gettysburg 2015
Here is our final gallery of photos from the Spring 2015 edition of the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Many thanks to Frank Baker for sending such lovely images. Be on the lookout for his photos from the Loudon Bluegrass Festival coming
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Athy festival Celebrates 25 years of Bluegrass Music
Ireland’s first and longest running bluegrass music festival at Athy, County Kildare, celebrates 25 years of bluegrass music during this year’s festival over three days from July 10 to July 12, 2015. For the first seven years (1991-1997) the work of
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Photos from the Northern Indiana Bluegrass Music Association
Memorial Day Weekend saw the Northern Indiana Bluegrass Music Association present the 39th year of their festival. Saturday was opened by New County Grass from Michigan. They were followed by the traditional sounds of the Kevin Prater Band. Trinity River brought
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Ash Breeze wins 2015 KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest
Congratulations to Ash Breeze, formerly known as The Smith Family Band, who were awarded first prize in the KSMU Youth in Bluegrass Band Contest, held May 23 during the Bluegrass & BBQ festival at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO. 19 bands were
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Yet more photos from Gettysburg, May 2015
Here's another gallery of Frank Baker's images from the May 2015 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival.
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Doyle & Quicksilver survive Europe
We heard this morning from Rainer Zellner, the German bluegrass promoter who had Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver in for a central European tour this month. He reports that the tour went well, and that he successfully deposited the band on a
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More photos from Gettysburg – May 2015
Here's another gallery of Frank Baker's images from the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival earlier this month.