“No Service” Dave Bruzza, frontman for Greensky Bluegrass, proclaimed jubilantly over the intimate Saturday night crowd at Yarmony Grass Festival in early August. Those two words pretty much summed up the feel of this ...view article
The EOTO performance scheduled for the Mishawaka this weekend has been moved to the Aggie Theater due to road closures. In light of the recent local disaster, the band has also decided to donate proceeds from the event to assist the local community via the Red Cross.
For details about the band and ...view article
(Bond, CO) Ticket sales for the fifth annual YarmonyGrass Festival are now underway. The high country camping event known for unrivaled mountain activities and top shelf national talent will take place in Bond, CO on August 20-22nd offering concert goers an experience that is as ...view article
Railroad Earth will celebrate the turn of the New Year in Portland, OR for three nights at the legendary Crystal Ballroom December 29th – 31st. The band will then kick off the Winter Tour 2013 on January ...view article
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Swarme of Beese
Backwoods of My Mind
2022 Backwoods Modern Recordings BWM 1670
Out of the vibrant, diverse and fertile music community of Austin, Texas, comes BACKWOODS OF MY MIND, the full-length debut of indie-folk trio, Swarme of Beese.
“Lately, I’ve been knowin’ ...view article
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
For more than 30 years, Jerry Joseph has been strapping on a guitar and chasing down truth, understanding and soul with tenacity and resonant skill. Joseph is the archetypal musician’s musician - something that’s resoundingly clear on his sweeping new double album Happy Book, ...view article
It was 30 years ago today that the world was robbed of one of the most prolific and influencial musicians of all time. John Lennon was murdered in front of his New York City apartment by Mark David Chapman on 12/8/1980 but his music lives on and continues to inspire new generations.
Donna Jean Godchaux will be making three special appearances in the Northeast in January 2012. Two of those will be with her band, The Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson. Jeff Mattson is of course the lead guitarist in Dark Star Orchestra since the departure of John Kadlecik who has joined ...view article