• Bluegrass in Slovakia

    Not long ago we brought you a story about Stephen Mougin playing in Slovakia. The tour is done, Stephen is back in the states and on the road with Sam Bush again, but he sent us some reflections on the

  • Larry Keel with Tony Rice

    Larry Keel & Natural Bridge have announced a number of shows in early December featuring very special guest Tony Rice. Larry and Tony have performed together many times, and you can be sure that there will be some fiery flatpicking at

  • Dailey, Vincent, & Fortune at Vietnam Veterans Memorial

    Bluegrass Ambassador Jamie Dailey, along with band mate Darrin Vincent, will be joining former Statler Brother Jimmy Fortune, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial tomorrow to commemorate its 25th anniversary. Tomorrow begins an event that will last four full days. There are

  • Farewell to Nickel Creek

    Last night Nickel Creek played here in Roanoke, Virginia, as one of the stops on their Farewell (For Now) Tour. It was a late addition to the tour and tickets sold out quickly. The concert took place in a nice

  • IBMA 2007 Photos Galleries

    Here we are one month after the 2007 IBMA World of Bluegrass. If you followed along here on the blog you saw a lot of the photos and video we posted, but content is starting to find its way to

  • Nickel Creek live show on NPR tonight

    When Nickel Creek performs live tonight (11/2) at Washington DC nightspot 9:30 Club, National Public Radio's microphones will be set up, carrying the entire concert live via online streaming at NPR.org. The band is in the home stretch of their Farewell

  • Larry Keel on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour

    Acoustic guitar Maharishi Larry Keel, along with his band Natural Bridge, will be making an appearance on WoodSongs Old Time Radio Hour on Monday, November 12, 2007. If you've ever seen Keel and band in concert you know what kind of

  • Stephen Mougin in Slovakia

    Stephen Mougin, of the Sam Bush Band, just emailed in to let us know that he is currently visiting Slovakia and doing a number of shows with friends while there. He played last weekend with the band Fragment. Fragment has toured

  • Rangers rock Roanoke

    This past Friday evening (10/19), The Steep Canyon Rangers played a show here in Roanoke, VA. I was familiar with their recordings, and caught a few brief sets at IBMA, but this was my first chance to see them live

  • Butch B. benefit show on Monday

    Here's another reminder about the Butch Baldassari benefit concert to be held tomorrow, October 22, on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. A long-time and greatly-beloved member of the mandolin community, Butch is battling an inoperable brain tumor,