This report and photos from the inaugural Norris Creek Pig Pickin' festival is a contribution from Laura Tate Ridge. When I am attending a Bluegrass festival, there aren’t many instances when I roll up to the gate to find the promoter
Moore Brothers
I Wanna Sugar Baby – The Moore Brothers
Everywhere you look these days, there’s a talented group of kids popping up in bluegrass music. They pick, they sing, and they’re all over YouTube. Some are more traditional, some are fabulous at the contemporary grass sound, and many mesh
OBX Bluegrass 2013
This report from the 2013 Outer Banks Bluegrass festival comes from Carmen Evans, with photos from our own Woody Edwards. Well, you couldn't visit the Wright Brothers Memorial, fish out of Oregon Inlet Fishing Center, or park as expected at Fort
Independence Day 2013 at Red, White & Bluegrass
July 4 mixed pouring rain and muggy sunshine at the 2013 Red, White & Bluegrass Festival, according to our on-site photographer, Bill Warren. We have also included Bill's images from July 3.
Avett Brothers close MerleFest 2013
One last MerleFest 2013 gallery from Andy Garrigue, who also shared these comments. Heavy numbers poured in Sunday to see The Avett Brothers close down Merlefest 2013, despite the calls for rain throughout the day, and their late afternoon set was
Boooooograss from Pam Tillis
Just in time for Halloween, Pam Tillis and Kim Fox put together this fun video, The Monster and the Banjo, complete with an army of zombies and a cadre of young pickers. Both are celebrated Nashville singers and songwriters; Tillis, daughter
Generation Bluegrass: The Future is at Hand
One of the highlights of walking around IBMA is seeing the number of young people hanging around picking and jamming in groups, sometimes in just pairs or trios, sometimes by the dozen. These youngsters, sometimes as young as nine or
Tuesday night at Roberts
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the undisputed home of traditional country music!" declared Brazilbilly’s Jesse Lee Jones, to wild cheers at Robert’s Western World in downtown Nashville on Tuesday night, September 25. As part of IBMA’s World of Bluegrass week,
Generation Bluegrass at Fan Fest 2012
The Mast Farm Inn and Bluegrass Today are delighted to announce a premiere screening of Generation Bluegrass during Fan Fest in Nashville on Friday, September 28. As you might guess from the title, the film is focused on young bluegrass musicians, and is
Generation Bluegrass at IBMA
Here's more news about an upcoming bluegrass film project, this time the youth-focused Generation Bluegrass. Actually, this film is more than just youth-focused. It was conceived, filmed, produced, edited and financed by bluegrass teens Corey Smith and Zeb Snyder. Both young