January 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of Hot Rize's first gigs, in Boulder, Colorado back in 1978. Often called America's Bluegrass Band, Hot Rize has always balanced innovation with tradition to create their own style of bluegrass music. Perhaps the most
Here's Frank Baker's second gallery of images from the August 2016 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. More to come!
Mike Scap, a noted guitarist, mandolinist, and fiddler in the 1980s, passed away in Springfield, New Jersey on March 29. He was 60 years of age, and had been suffering from lung cancer. Close followers of the Colorado bluegrass scene knew
Thanks to Bob Compere for this batch of photos from last weekend's Bloomin' Bluegrass Festival & Chili Cookoff in Farmer's Branch, TX, just north of Dallas.
Here's the first of what will be several galleries of Frank Baker's photos from last weekend's Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival.
Hot Rize has released a new music video, produced by Mason Jar Music, that finds them masquerading as street musicians in the Big Apple. Our heroes pick and sing one of their songs from the early days, while bemused cityfolk turn into
Saturday at Grey Fox 2015 had many options for both viewing and participating in activities for folks of all ages, with the normal workshops on all the bluegrass instruments and directed slow jams, but also some less common options like
One of – if not the – most anticipated albums of the past year was the return of Hot Rize after twenty-odd years with When I’m Free. Since its release in late 2014, the group has embarked upon a popular
Bryan Sutton was born to play the guitar. When it came to a career, he never had a Plan B. Not needed. Clearly. Thursday was Bryan’s day at the 42nd Telluride Bluegrass Festival. He lit up the stage early evening as
The organizers of the 2015 Old Settler's Music Festival in Driftwood, TX shared a number of stage photos taken by John Grubbs. This was the 28th annual event in the Texas Hill Country.