Events

Ron Thomason and Dave Berry at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - photo by Rob Schroeder  I had the honor of sitting down with Ron Thomason for a chat this weekend after the Dry Branch Fire Squad's Banjo Stage set at the nineteenth

Punch Brothers at the 2019 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco This weekend, the San Francisco Bay Area was treated to the nineteenth annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival (HSBG), and although security rules changed things some, it is still one hundred

JAMinc has announced the six finalists for the Scott Street Five String Finals, an invitational banjo competition held in conjunction with the Richmond Folk Festival in Richmond, VA. It honors the memory of Scott Street, a prominent banjo player, attorney,

Family Sowell at Wide Open Bluegrass 2019 - photo © Tara Linhardt Saturday was a jam-packed day at Wide Open Bluegrass, full of all sorts of great music from bluegrass legends, to hot new acts on the scene, and young soon-to-be

Molly Tuttle at the Red Hat for Wide Open Bluegrass 2019 - photo by Frank Baker Here are some more photos from the final day of IBMA week in Raleigh, the Wide Open Bluegrass Festival at the Red Hat Amphitheater. For the

Billy Hurt at Wide Open Bluegrass 2019 - photo © Tara Linhardt On Friday at Wide Open Bluegrass there were so many stages going, with great music all day and much of the night, both indoors and outdoors, that there was

Delebration, an all-star jam with Del McCoury, ands the 2019 Wide Open Bluegrass - photo by Frank Baker The IBMA closed out their big annual festival, Wide Open Bluegrass, with an all-star jam based around our patriarch, Del McCoury, and his

World of Bluegrass week, and the Wide Open Bluegrass festival that follows, is always the high point of the year for bluegrass lovers, especially those of us who work in the industry. It's the only time when dang near everyone

Frank Baker was prowling the Duke Energy Performing Arts Center last night, capturing images of the various presenters, winners, performers, and Hall of Fame inductees during the 30th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards in Raleigh, NC.

This afternoon, during the Wide Open Bluegrass Festival in Raleigh, NC, details were announced for the inaugural Earl Scruggs Music Festival, to be held in Mill Spring, NC on September 4-5, 2020. The festival is jointly sponsored by The Earl Scruggs