What images and sounds come to mind when you think about folk music? Maybe not bluegrass, but bluegrass, country, Gospel, Irish fiddle tunes, Appalachian ballads, and more fall under the category. It is in this spirit of broadly conceptualizing and tying
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Flooding devastates Salmon Lake Park – festival to go on in September
Salmon Lake Park in Grapeland, TX, site of the popular Salmon Lake Park Bluegrass Festival, was severely damaged yesterday when the Salmon Lake dam burst following a period of high rain on Monday night. The National Weather Service has estimated
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Celebrate end of COVID restrictions with free concerts in Kentucky
With COVID-19 restrictions largely gone for citizens of Kentucky, Governor Andy Beshear has set to encouraging people in the Commonwealth to get back to the sort of summer events they used to take for granted. With that very goal in
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LakeSide hosting Summer Concert Series in Loudon, TN
Popular east Tennessee bluegrass Gospel group LakeSide is hosting their Summer Concert Series again this year, with four shows spread out over the next two months. Each of these concerts will find LakeSide opening the show, followed by a performance by
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Final photos from the Spring 2021 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival
Sideline at the May 2021 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker And we come to the end of our photo coverage of the Spring 2021 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, featuring images captured by Frank Baker. Frank will be back in Gettysburg
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Still more from Gettysburg Bluegrass, May 2021
Seldom Scene at the May 2021 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker Here's another gallery from the photos Frank Baker shot over this last weekend during the Spring 2021 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Looks like three down, one more to go.
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More from Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, May ’21
Appalachian Road Show at the May 2021 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival - photo by Frank Baker Here is a second gallery of images shot by Frank Baker at last weekend's Spring edition of the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. More to come...
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Creative solutions for post COVID bluegrass festivals in 2021
A summer without bluegrass was unimaginable last year. To our amazement, festival after festival decided to postpone their events until 2021. Many promoters held out hope, especially those who held festivals in the late summer and fall. However, as the
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Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, Spring 2021
Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, May 2021 - photo by Frank Baker As we share this first gallery of Frank Baker's photos from the Spring 2021 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, please allow us a moment to note how wonderful it is to see bluegrass
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Looking back to the first Hot Rize visit to France in 1980
This look back to the first time Hot Rize visited France in 1980 comes in three parts. First we have the recollections of Charley Sifaqui, a French journalist, banjo picker, and bluegrass lover who had the honor of accompanying the