This past weekend the California Bluegrass Association held their 2022 edition of the normally annual Great 48 festival, an all jamming event held in Bakersfield, CA. CBA chose the site because it is located almost exactly in between San Diego
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Mountaineer Opry reopens in West Virginia
The Mountaineer Opry has relocated and reopened for business. After 45 years in Milton, WV, the show is now a few miles down the road in Barboursville, at the Cabell County 4-H Camp Conference Center. Larry Stephens and his wife, Mary,
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More photos from Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival
Laura Ridge from Laura Tate Photography was on hand for this past weekend's Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival, and shared this large gallery of images from the stage shows, as well as the convention center where events were held in Georgia. Thanks
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Alex Miller joins Rhonda Vincent for Christmas in Branson
This past weekend, Rhonda Vincent had a number of special guests join her on stage during her Christmas in Branson shows at The Mansion Theatre for the Performing Arts in Branson, MO. Josh Shilling was on hand to share Christmas cheer,
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More artists showcasing at the Battlefield Bluegrass Festival
In August we featured some of the bands that performed at the recent Battlefield Bluegrass Festival, Naseby, Northamptonshire. This instalment presents five other British groups showcasing their talents during the weekend event in July. Essex-born Dave Morris grew up in a family
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Earl Scruggs Music Festival set to debut in 2022
The ill-fated debut of the Earl Scruggs Music Festival is now set for September 2022. This large scale event, designed to bring together fans of bluegrass, old time, Americana, and Piedmont blues music, was announced to great fanfare in 2019,
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Lineup change for Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies
Celebrating ten years of music in the beautiful mountains of east Tennessee, Lorraine Jordan presents Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies this week, December 1-4. Due to surgery, Doyle Lawson will not be able to perform on Thursday as originally planned.
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Carson Peters goes from The Voice to The Carter Fold
Carson Peters has received a lot of attention since making multiple appearances on The Voice, NBC television's singing competition, this fall. The seventeen year-old from Piney Flats, TN, was already well known in bluegrass circles for his profound fiddle work.
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Bluegrass Tuesdays return to The Cantab in Boston
Boston's bluegrass community was seriously disheartened last summer when news broke that The Cantab Lounge, actually located in the adjacent city of Cambridge, was to be sold. For years the club was given over to Bluegrass Tuesdays every week, where
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European World of Bluegrass festival to return in 2022
The European World of Bluegrass festival is scheduled to return in May of 2022 after a four year hiatus. As before, it will be held in the Dutch village of Voorthuizen, and will showcase bluegrass bands from all across Europe