• Photos from Old Settler’s 2017

    Ronnie McCoury at Old Settler's Music Festival (April 2017) - photo by Tom Dunning 2017 was the 30th Anniversary event for the Old Settler's Music Festival in the Texas hill country west of Austin. They offer four days of music, blending

  • Robert Earl Keen goes bluegrass

    Texas songwriter and singer, Robert Earl Keen, has decided to go grass for his next album, Happy Prisoner - The Bluegrass Sessions. Though Keen has largely hewed close to the folk/Americana realm, this album marks a departure both in that it

  • IBMA Film Festival announces attractions

    The films to be screened during the debut IBMA Bluegrass Film Festival at the 2014 World of Bluegrass Convention have been announced. Eight different projects will be shown, including a pair of highlight films that were selected for special merit.

  • Red Wing Roots 2014

    The photos in this article were taken by Milo Farineau, and the report is from his son, Kirby. Only two seasons into its lifespan, Red Wing Roots Festival has already won the love, support, and excitement of the thousands of attendees who

  • Southern Flavor from Becky Buller

    Dark Shadow Recordings has released a second single from Becky Buller's upcoming album, 'Tween Earth And Sky. This one is a special tribute to Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys. Serious Monroe fans know Southern Flavor as the title track of

  • 40 years of Old & In The Way

    It's a sure sign you're getting old when when a band that was a touchstone of your youth celebrates its 40th Anniversary. Old & In The Way formed in 1973, with Jerry Garcia on banjo, David Grisman on mandolin, Vassar Clements