Del McCoury was already hard at work in Baltimore’s lively bluegrass music scene when the very first Grammy awards were presented more than 50 years ago, but you couldn’t tell it from the way he bounded up the steps to thank the Grammy voters for honoring his Del McCoury Band’s ...view article
Boulder, CO - Mountain Standard Time heads to high country of Colorado’s mountains this January, followed by the return of the band’s annual Mardi Grass celebration on Colorado’s Front Range, featuring Yonder Mountain String Band’s ...view article
Greensky Bluegrass has had an incredible summer so far. The Kalamazoo, MI-based ‘newgrass’ quintet tours nationally and were recently featured at the Rockygrass Festival in Lyons, CO, on the main stage at the legendary Grey Fox Festival in upstate New York and performed in front ...view article
For those of us who get to review live music, every once in a while we get slapped upside our head with a reminder of why we love what we do. For me, the inaugural Hyperion Music and Arts Festival was such an occasion. My initiation into Hyperion began ...view article
On March 20, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge independently release their 9th CD entitled, Classic, with the trademark blend of ultra powerful acoustic instrumentation, penetrating vocals and intelligent and gutsy song-writing. Classic features flatpicking guitar legend ...view article
January 17, 2012 Railroad Earth comes blazing into 2012 after a string of sold out New Year’s performances in Denver, CO. The band will ...view article
Imagine my surprise when I put Pale Imperfect Diamond in my CD player expecting a roots country/Bluegrass Record , based solely on the Line up listed on the inner sleeve. John Carter Cash, Ralph Stanley, Marty Stuart, Randy Scruggs, Ron Mcoury, John Cowan, Dennis Crouch, Harry Stinson, and many more. ...view article
Mike and his band will embark on an 8-date March Tour beginning March 5th in Troy, NY and ending March 14th in Lebanon, NH. The headlining club tour features a return to the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia and first time stops at Rams ...view article
North Coast Music Festival organizers have unveiled the last four at-large festival additions: Latyrx (a Reunion feat. Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truth Speaker), New Mastersounds, Lettuce and Lance Herbstrong. ...view article