Dug performs at the 2025 Telluride Bluegrass Festival - photo © Jen Hughes One of the myriad delightful aspects about the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (TBF) is the opportunity for festival-goers to discover new (or new to them) bands. Planet Bluegrass, the fest's
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Highs from the 2025 Telluride Bluegrass Festival – part 2
Alison Krauss closes out the 2025 Telluride Bluegrass Festival - photo © Anthony Verkuilen Saturday morning at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival is always quality time, spent with chums, rejuvenating over strong coffee and electrolytes: necessary rest time more often than not
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Highs from Telluride – 2025 Telluride Bluegrass Festival report, part 1
The Travelin' McCourys at the 2025 Telluride Bluegrass Festival - photo © Anthony Verkulien Planet Bluegrass did it again with its 52nd Telluride Bluegrass Festival, creating an unforgettable experience for the bluegrass faithful underneath that majestic Bridal Veil Falls. There is simply
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Béla Fleck at Carnegie Hall
Bela Fleck performs Rhapsody in Blue at Carnegie Hall (5/4/24) - photo © Jen Hughes Béla Fleck's Rhythm, Raga, and Rhapsody, May 4 at Carnegie Hall included performances from Bruce Hornsby, Zakir Hussein, Rhapsody in Blue, and My Bluegrass Heart. What a
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Telluride 50th anniversary thoughts from the artists who played
Jen Hughes has shared some final thoughts on this year's historic 50th anniversary of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, taken from brief interviews with 2023 performers Jerry Douglas, Bryan Sutton, Jeremy Garret, Stephen Mougin, and festival goer Greg Nadeau, who has
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More highlights from the 50th Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Alison Krauss joins the Telluride House Band - photo by Jen Hughes While the 50th Telluride Bluegrass Festival has come to a close, the memories will live on for decades to come. Those lucky enough to have made the trek to the
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Peeks at the 50th Telluride Bluegrass Festival – Day Two
Nickel Creek at the 50th anniversary Telluride Bluegrass Festival - photo courtesy Planet Bluegrass The 50th Anniversary of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (TBF50) is well underway, and what a gathering it is of some of the greatest pickers on the planet,
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Peeks at the 50th Telluride Bluegrass Festival – Day One
Sam Bush with Dierks Bentley at Telluride 50th - photo by Benko Photographics Throngs of the bluegrass faithful trekked to the striking San Juan Mountains to get a hug from the beautiful box canyon of Telluride, Colorado, as they annually do
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Darkest Hour – The Gibson Brothers
To say the boys from the North did it again with their latest offering, Darkest Hour, would be an understatement. No, this time they bettered their already pure sound to give a gift well worthy of our playlists. Having teamed up
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Béla Fleck talks about his Bluegrass Happening
Everybody look what’s going down! Straight off the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Béla Fleck grabbed his all-star My Bluegrass Heart band and teamed up with best buds, Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas, and their bands to create happenings at special spots around










