Events

  • Win a flat top guitar from MACC

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    One of the most beloved events in the annual bluegrass calendar is the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer festival, held in late July near Columbus, OH. Not only does MACC present four days of top flight bluegrass entertainment, the festival benefits the

  • DelFest on Bluegrass Today this weekend

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    Just a reminder that we will have ongoing coverage of DelFest 2011 on Bluegrass Today this weekend. Diane and Milo Farineau will be on site, sending back photos and coverage of the many performances that occur each year over Memorial Day

  • Chris and Michael in Charlottesville

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    On the road supporting their just released debut album Sleep With One Eye Open, Chris Thile and Michael Daves rolled into Charlottesville last night and set The Southern Cafe and Music Hall’s stage on fire. Playing to a standing room only

  • Michael Cleveland and the Fill-Ins

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    The schedule said Mike Cleveland and Flamekeeper. The ear, though, heard something else. And the eyes kept searching for familiar faces on the main stage at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. In an ironic twist of fate, the band’s first appearance

  • J.D. Crowe is back!

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    Just before he kicked off You Can Have Her on Friday afternoon, J.D. Crowe had a moment of doubt: "Can I really do this?" But as the banjo rang loud and clear, he knew. The band knew. And the fans knew.

  • A report from Gettysburg

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    High gas prices and a chilly misty, rain didn’t seem to put much of a damper on Friday’s festivities at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Here are some tidbits I picked up while wandering around, listening and catching up with some

  • Keller Williams auction for tornado victims

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    Jamgrass hero Keller Williams is partnering with the Mimi Fishman Foundation to raise money to assist the many victims of the tornadoes that devastated many areas of his home state of Virginia, and other parts of the southern US. They are

  • Gettysburg reports this weekend

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    David Morris will be on the ground this weekend at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, reporting back on the 62nd iteration of this popular Pennsylvania event. The festival has been going since 1979 when it was founded by Joe Cornett and his

  • Podunk Songwriting Master Seminar

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    Noted bluegrass songwriter Louisa Branscomb is partnering with Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival to help celebrate their having been named IBMA's 2010 Bluegrass Event of the Year. The festival runs August 4-7 in East Hartford, CT and Louisa will conduct a Songwriting

  • Infamous Stringdusters tracking live this week

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    The Infamous Stringdusters will be recording their stage shows this next few days for a live CD expected this Fall on Sugar Hill. The first show tracked was in Charlottesville, VA on April 29, and they captured audio last night in