The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville celebrated the 75th anniversary of bluegrass music Saturday, marking the night in December 1945 when Earl Scruggs appeared for his debut on the Opry with Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys, igniting the
Travelin McCourys
-
-
New albums from all of the McCourys
The Del McCoury Band - Del McCoury Still Sings Bluegrass and The Travelin’ McCourys A bluegrass original and his sons and successors opt to release their albums simultaneously, providing a familial connection and clearly synchronistic styles. For his part, Del does what
-
Peter Rowan back to the stage with Travelin’ McCourys
Peter Rowan with The Travelin' McCourys at the Sweetwater Music Hall - photo by Dorothy St. Claire Bluegrass veteran Peter Rowan made his first appearance on stage since a brief December illness when The Travelin' McCourys played recently at the Sweetwater Music Hall in
-
Travelin’ McCourys on Jam In The Van
When The Travelin' McCourys appeared at the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, CA last month, they stepped in to the Jam Van and recorded several videos for the Jam In The Van web series. The Van is a solar-powered
-
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
-
Grateful Ball tour ready for summer
Travelin' McCourys and Jeff Austin Band play the Grateful Dead's Fire on the Mountain - photo by David Russell Before the Grateful Dead pioneered psychedelic rock music, Jerry Garcia played bluegrass. One of Garcia’s first gigs in the early 1960’s was playing
-
Grateful Ball live video for Althea
The Travelin' McCourys and The Jeff Austin Band have released a live video shot during their successful Grateful Ball tour last year. The concept behind the tour was that each group would perform their standard show, followed by a jammin' joint
-
Final photos from Gettysburg, August 2016
Here is the final gallery of Frank Baker's photos from the August 2016 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. We hope to get some more from him next week at this weekend's Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival.
-
Grateful Ball Tour in October
Good news for bluegrass loving Dead Heads! The Jeff Austin Band and The Travelin' McCourys have decided to recreate their successful Grateful Ball concert as a week-long tour this October. The original show was held at Urban Chestnut Brewing in St. Louis
-
Charm City Charmed
And. Just. Like. That. Summer festival season is upon us. All burdens and worries lay crumpled on the asphalt behind us as cheery festival staff lasso our wrists with those colorful Charm City Bluegrass bracelets. We are in the grass now,