Saturday at the Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival found Norman and Judy Adams hard at work. Jekyll Island is the first of nine festivals they promote throughout the year. Norman is in his 43rd year of bluegrass festival promotion. The Malpass Brothers
Bluegrass fans in east Tennessee will have a new nightspot in Knoxville bringing in top acts monthly. The Cotton Eyed Joe is a large, country-themed nightclub that hosts touring country acts and dance events in town. They can seat as many
With a number of US bluegrass artists touring in Europe over the winter, here's one coming the other way. Red Wine, Italy's top bluegrass band, is headed to the States in February for just over a week of dates along the
By now most of us are familiar with the use of crowdfunding sites to raise money for all sorts of uses. In the music world, we see artists and bands create campaigns to fund new recordings, tours, and even travel
Friday had a special star at the Jekyll Island show. Norman and Judy Adams are very loyal to the bands that have played their shows. Two years ago Donny Catron of the Tennessee Gentlemen played Jekyll in what turned out
Greg Blake, guitarist and lead vocalist for Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, is using his time off while the band is idle this month to tour in Ireland. He is taking many of the pickers who helped him record his 2015 album,
The 42nd Jekyll Island New Year’s Bluegrass Festival kicked off Thursday afternoon in spite of an ice storm Wednesday and slick roads for the bands coming in. The audience was welcomed by MC Sherry Boyd and the Edgar Loudermilk Band
Once again Rainer Zellner has led a troupe of American string musicians through Germany in December as part of his annual Bluegrass Jamboree series. The idea for this tour occurred to him several years ago, to bring talented artists from the
A lot has changed for Bluegrass Underground heading into their eighth season of producing concerts in the subterranean caves of middle Tennessee for PBS television. The show has moved from their original location in McMinnville to a new facility called The
Each year at the summer RockyGrass festival, the folks at Planet Bluegrass put together a number of special stage performances not available elsewhere as an added incentive to join them in Lyons, CO for three days of bluegrass and new
