Nashville, Tenn. - Newly named “Father of Newgrass,” Sam Bush, recently received five award nominations from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) to complement his year of accolades and long career of distinction. This year, the four-time IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year ...view article
New York, NY, 17 November, 2008 – Continuing a tradition begun by the Grateful Dead in the fall of 1983 with the creation this philanthropic arm, the Rex Foundation brings its special mix of fun and fundraising back to New York City by ...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
The 21st annual Hot August Blues & Roots Festival will take place on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at the familiar site of Oregon Ridge Park in Cockeysville, MD. This year’s event is bigger and better than ever with three stages of live music. ...view article
Umphrey’s McGee New Year’s Eve concerts have been a Chicago tradition for the past ten years. Every year they try to outdo themselves, playing at bigger and bigger venues with more pomp and circumstance each time. Their journey has taken them from playing the Cubby Bear in 2000, to three ...view article
Rare Blend has garnered an undisputable reputation for creating unique multi-genre progressive instrumental music that dates back to the release of their independent debut, Cinefusion, in 1993. The past fifteen years have seen the band expand from core duo Vic Samalot (electric/acoustic guitar) and ...view article
Silver Wrapper and Purple Hat Productions have announced the first round of artists for the second annual Suwannee Hulaween, hosted by The String Cheese Incident over Halloween weekend October 31 – November ...view article
The all-star holiday lineup of Cascadia Yulegrass, brought together by Jason Mastrine, brought it's show to the beautiful McDonald Theatre in Eugene, Oregon. It was an idea that Jason had been orchestrating for years, and had finally come to fruition. The lineup for this inagural even consisted of ...view article