• Huck Finn festival under new management

    For 37 years, Don and Barbara Tucker had run the Huck Finn Jubilee in south central California on Father's Day weekend. For most of its tenure, their bluegrass festival was held at the Mojave Narrows Regional Park in Victorville, but after Don passed

  • 2014 Durango Bluegrass Meltdown

    I’ve recently returned from Durango, Colorado, where I found the 20th Anniversary of the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown to have the intimacy, talent, and entertaining times that attendees have come to know and trust. In regard to intimacy, the festival hosts shows

  • Streets Of Baltimore video from Del

    The Del McCoury Band released a music video for Streets of Baltimore a few weeks ago, and it somehow escaped our attention. It's the title cut from their newest record, a Tompall Glaser and Harlan Howard song that was a hit

  • Ashes of Love raises $4k for Steve Thomas

    Last night's Ashes Of Love benefit concert in Nashville raised roughly $4,000 for Steve Thomas. His home was destroyed by fire on New Year's Eve, and most of his and his wife Janet's personal items were lost. As always, the bluegrass

  • Del McCoury performs on Best Of Bluegrass

    This weekend's Best of Bluegrass show, broadcast on WMAK from Owensboro, KY, will feature a live, in-stdio performance by The Del McCoury Band. Hosted weekly on Saturday afternoon by Bob Mitchell, the program is also streamed online at www.1013hankfm.com from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

  • The 2014 Bluegrass Grammy goes to…

    This afternoon at the 2014 Grammy pre-show cybercast, the Best Bluegrass Album was awarded to The Del McCoury Band for The Streets of Baltimore. As he generally does at the IBMA Awards, Del and the boys spoke until they got the