Author: Dale and Darcy Cahill

Mighty Poplar at the 2023 Green Mountain festival - photo © Dale Cahill In just four years, Jill and John Turpin have worked hard to create in the Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots festival an event which matches their vision of

Authentic Unlimited at the 2023 Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival - photo by Dale Cahill Another Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival in Goshen, CT is in the books, and it may be the best one we have attended. The sun shone for most

Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart at the 2022 Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival It was clear at the 2022 Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival in Brunswick, ME that strict COVID protocols have been mostly lifted. Attendance was great and they sold out of

Punch Brothers at the Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots festival (8/20/22) - photo by Dale Cahill Green Mountain Bluegrass and Roots festival which takes place at Hunter Park in Manchester, Vermont, kicked off its third annual festival with a stellar line

Colorado is well known for having a vibrant bluegrass scene across the state. Much of this is thanks to two events which took place during the '70s just a mountain range apart. In Denver, a group of bluegrass musicians and pickers

Missy Raines & Allegheny at the 2021 Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival - photo by Dale Cahill We are just back from 2021 Thomas Point Bluegrass Festival, and although they celebrated their 40th year in 2019, this year felt like a

Circus No. 9, a progressive bluegrass band out of East Tennessee is back on the road this summer. We met up with them at the Podunk Bluegrass Festival in Goshen, CT where they played two sets on Friday, and then

Circus No. 9 at the 2021 Podunk Bluegrass Festival - photo by Dale Cahill The campers were lined up on route 63 when Podunk Bluegrass Festival 2021 opened its gates on Wednesday, August 11 in Goshen, CT. Rich Heepe welcomed the

On July 12th, Austin Scelzo, a Connecticut native and professional fiddle player, launched the Connecticut Bluegrass Association (CTBA) web site. Scelzo shared his idea to create the state's first bluegrass association with the already thriving bluegrass associations in the state,

A summer without bluegrass was unimaginable last year. To our amazement, festival after festival decided to postpone their events until 2021. Many promoters held out hope, especially those who held festivals in the late summer and fall. However, as the