Punch Brothers have announced a string of dates in November opening for legendary pop singer/songwriter Paul Simon. The tour starts in New Orleans on the 4th and wanders through the central US for the rest of the month. And following this
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Festy photos this weekend
Our intrepid festival team of Milo and Diane Farineau are venturing to The Festy this weekend, The Infamous Stringdusters' festival near Charlottesville, VA. They will have photos and reports each day - as Internet service allows - and will be sleuthing
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Yet more IBMA photos
We have several more galleries of brilliant photos from last week's IBMA bash in Nashville, which trying to recover from a week away has prevented us from posting - something we will start addressing today. This batch comes from Mike Mulligan.
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Rudy’s Bluegrass in the Woods
Rudy’s Bluegrass in the Woods is as comfortable and cozy a site for a bluegrass festival as you will find in the South. Located in rural Anderson, SC, Rudy’s was established by the late Rudy Lowe. It is now owned
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The funniest thing at IBMA 2011
If it wasn't obvious from our IBMA 2011 coverage last week, a significant theme throughout this year's World of Bluegrass was the vexing and seemingly unavoidable question, "Is it bluegrass?" My impression is that there were more bands from outside the
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass report
This report on the 2011 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco this past weekend comes from our friend Elizabeth Wightman with Steelbridge Insurance Services. Hardly Strictly is a completely free event, held each year at Golden Gate Park. We arrived
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Chris Pandolfi’s IBMA Address
Chris Pandolfi has posted video of the Keynote Address he delivered last Tuesday (9/27) at IBMA's 2011 World Of Bluegrass convention. After a brief introduction from Craig Havighurst, Chris launches into the thoughts behind the Bluegrass Manifesto which he published earlier this
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2011 Fan Fest photos
As we pack up to head back east from Nashville, here's one last photo gallery from Roy Swann, capturing this weekend's Fan Fest activities.
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Clay Hess, With Help From His Friends
Of all the great jam sessions during IBMA’s World of Bluegrass this week, the hottest of all took place Friday night when Clay Hess gathered with some friends to celebrate the release of his solo project, Rain. And what friends they
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And a note from Bryan Sutton
We also heard from Bryan Sutton this morning, who like Rob Ickes, was unable to attend Thursday's IBMA Awards Show and receive his trophy. Bryan's Guitar Player of the Year award was accepted by his Hot Rize bandmate Pete Wernick,