Bluegrass Weather Report – 9/29/13

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with the Bluegrass Weather Report for this week, looking at the goings on down in Waldo, FL at the Dixieland Fall Bluegrass Festival. [jwplayer player="1" mediaid="55234"]  

Congratulations Jeremy and Shaylon

Jeremy Chapman, mandolinist with The Chapmans, and Shaylon Gray were united in marriage this past weekend. The wedding was held on October 26 in a small ceremony with family and friends in Near Clever, MO. Shaylon is a bluegrass musician as well, a fiddler active in northwestern Missouri. The two were friends before they started courting. The [...]

Lindsay Lou talks Flatbellys

One of the more interesting young bands plying their trade along the edges of bluegrass, Americana and contemporary pop music is Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys. The group is based in Michigan, but tours extensively across the US. Their curious name came from the bumping together of an attractive and talented singer/songwriter who went by [...]

Close Kin follow-up to feature young pickers

Karl Cooler of Mountain Roads Recordings and singer, songwriter and producer Johnny Williams have teamed up for a follow-up to their 2011 collaboration, Close Kin-A Reunion of Bluegrass & Old Time Music. That album was just what the title suggests, a pairing of artists in those traditions, with a special focus on the Blue Ridge [...]

The Dellas at Festy 2013

Here's another gallery of Gina Proulx's photos from last month's Festy 2013. Here she captures Della Mae on stage, and a bunch of Festy attendees in the park.  

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