Drew Emmitt

  • Bluegrass Ball rolls again in November

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    The Bluegrass Ball is what The Travelin' McCourys call their periodic tours across the US, typically with high-profile guests in tow. Material performed varies with the artists who accompany them on the road, not surprising for a band that does

  • Photos from Jomeokee

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    Milo Farineau sent these photos from September's Jomeokee Festival, which combines bluegrass, roots and jamgrass bands over three days near Pinnacle, NC.  

  • Return of the Salmon

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    Eight years is a long time between recordings, but that's how long it has been since jam grass favorites Leftover Salmon dropped a new album. But that will be remedied May 22 when Aquatic Hitchhiker is released on Los Records. The band

  • Saturday DelFest photos

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    Here's another batch of photos from Saturday's (5/28) activities at DelFest 2011. They were taken by music photographer G. Milo Farineau. Milo has shot several times for Bluegrass Today, and is currently assembling images for a book that examines American music

  • Saturday DelFest update

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    We've just enjoyed back-to-back sets by Trampled by Turtles and the Emmit-Nershi Band. If the Turtles got paid by the note they could retire...that is some blazing bluegrass. Emmit-Nershi is an interesting marriage of bluegrass royalty, Drew Emmit of Leftover Salmon

  • As The Crow Flies from SFTRB

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    The second album from the Songs From The Road Band, As The Crow Flies, in now available online. The band is a side-project for members of several bands based in North Carolina, the brainchild of Charles Humphrey III, bass player

  • Del’s New Year’s Eve party

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    With Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas still to come, tickets for Del McCoury's New Year's Eve have already gone on sale. McCoury Music has announced that tickets for their New Year's Eve Party at The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, are available on

  • Songs From The Road II sneek peek

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    Songs From The Road is a loosely-knit side project band that features members of such noted touring acts as Steep Canyon Rangers, The Emmit Nershi Band, Shannon Whitworth and the Refugees, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, Town Mountain, Super Grit

  • Drew Emmitt – Long Road

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    Long Road, the new CD from former Leftover Salmonite Drew Emmitt, is due out next Tuesday (7/15) on Compass Records. The bulk of the songs are Emmitt originals and the core group of musicians include Chris Pandolfi on banjo, Tyler Grant