Events

Bluegrass fans in central Connecticut will be without a primary destination event this season. For the past 16 years, the Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival has brought top artists to the area during the first weekend in August, but it appears

In the bottom of Shriners' Old National Centre in Indianapolis, IN, a packed house was anxiously awaiting "the one and only second performance" of a band they'd never heard. Noam Pikelny with his friends Ronnie McCoury, Luke Bulla, Barry Bales,

Regular attendees at the International Bluegrass Music Association's World of Bluegrass convention will find a number of changes in store this year. Moving to a new facility in a new city means getting used to a new layout, new hotels

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with a quick look at two events occurring this weekend.  

We posted on Monday that Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver had brought Dustin Pyrtle on board to sing and play guitar. Yesterday Judith Burnette, who hosts the Blue Ridge Backroads show on WBRF radio, sent along these photos of Dustin's first

This is the second installment in our series on Raleigh, NC as the site for the IBMA's World of Bluegrass events for 2013-15. When the International Bluegrass Music Association announced in 2011 that it would be required to find a new

Since the International Bluegrass Music Association was formerly chartered in 1985, we've seen it grow and change as all trade organizations do. And like any group with a strong contingent of traditionalists, IBMA has members and followers who have resisted

There are not many music genres in which fans are able to consistently interact with their heroes face-to-face, and even less where stars and legends will willingly sit down and talk or play music with fans. Thankfully, bluegrass is one

Milo Farineau sent this extensive gallery of images from the Suwanee Springfest in Florida, March 21-24. As is his habit, he captured scenes from the festival, both onstage and off.   Great job - thanks Milo!

This past weekend Terry and Jan Lease hosted the 19th edition of the Great Northern Indoor Bluegrass Music Festival. Friday brought Newtown, Larry Sparks, Special C, Kody Norris, and a relatively new band from Minnesota, Copper Creek. Saturday featured Donna Ulisse, The