Lonesome River Band at the 2021 Willow Oak Park Bluegrass Festival - photo by Sandy Hatley Wonderful weather, a pristine park, and marvelous music make a perfect combination for a great weekend of bluegrass music. Willow Oak Music Park, a 60
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Yonder Mountain String Band in Vail, CO
Yonder Mountain String Band at Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater (June 10, 2021) - photo © 529 Photography With bluegrass providing the official soundtrack to mountain towns and mountain sports everywhere, Yonder Mountain String Band was the perfect choice to open this year's
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Return of Camp Springs String Music Championships goes well
For many bluegrassers, especially those of the older generations, the name Camp Springs is synonymous with festivals. With Carlton Haney at the helm, it was the place to be on Labor Day weekend throughout the 1970s. After several decades with
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2021 Mount Airy Bluegrass & Old Time Fiddlers Convention
Mount Airy Bluegrass & Old Time Fiddlers Convention - photo by Mark T Brown Some of the most cherished traditions for bluegrass pickers, particularly in the Appalachian region, are the annual fiddlers' conventions that take place throughout the spring and summer
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49th annual Armuchee Bluegrass Festival
This report is a contribution from Audie Finnell, who also provided the photos. The Armuchee Bluegrass Festival kicked off its 49th consecutive season over the past Memorial Day Weekend in Georgia, with a few changes due to the ongoing, yet diminishing
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Live music at DelFest Lite at B Chord Brewery
The weekend of DelFest Lite in Round Hill, Virginia was for the most part grey with rains on and off, but the talk around the festival was all about how happy the folks were to be having fun at a
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Caroline Owens & Company debut inaugural release at Lorraine’s
Caroline & Company celebrate the release of Applejack with a custom album art cake at Lorraine's Caroline Owens, 19 year old songbird/guitarist from central North Carolina, has just released her first album with her band, Caroline & Company. Entitled Applejack, the
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John Cowan joins Darin & Brooke Aldridge at Dumplin’ Valley
Darin & Brooke Aldridge with John Cowan at Dumplin' Valley (5/14/21) - photo by Alisa B. Cherry When Darin Aldridge refers to his wife Brooke as the reigning queen of bluegrass, it's clearly more than an excuse for bragging and bravado.
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Rickey Wasson & Friends at Meadowgreen Appalachian Music Park
Like many other music venues across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic left Meadowgreen Appalachian Music Park in limbo. The park, which generally runs a concert series throughout the winter in its barn-like music hall near Clay City, KY, had to
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41st Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Bluegrass Festival in the books
The 41st Annual Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver Bluegrass Festival is now in the record books, and a good time was had by all in Denton, NC. "What will all the stuff that has been going on, I am totally overwhelmed by