The folks at The Caverns in Pelham, TN, host stage for the recording of the PBS television series, Bluegrass Underground, and many other concerts each year, has announced a new bluegrass and jamgrass festival starting this fall. CaveFest is scheduled for
We wrote last month about Kim and Joyce Kraemer and their plan to restart the Naperville Bluegrass Festival, after it having been run successfully by Terry and Jan Lease from 1986 to 2014. Kim has shared a few words about
Watchhouse at The Ark in Ann Arbor, MI (4/3/22) - photo by Bryan Bolea Bryan Bolea caught the Watchhouse band at The Ark in Ann Arbor, MI earlier this month. The group, formerly the duo Mandolin Orange, now expanded to a
The organizers of the annual Wayne Henderson Festival, held in Grayson Highlands State Park in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, are delighted to announce that not only will the festival return in 2022 after two COVID cancellations, but that the very popular
David Harvey, who oversees production of mandolins and acoustic instruments at Gibson in Nashville, will be offering a couple of presentations this spring on the history of the company which employs him. Though Gibson has seen several owners since it
With all the fears about bluegrass festivals being unable to recover from two years of COVID shutdowns, it is wonderful news whenever we see a new festival getting started. And that is exactly the story of the new Big Bend Bluegrass
Banjos are bustin' out all over! We've just received word of the successful inaugural Banjo Camp Brasil, the first ever event of its type in the country. If your Portuguese is up to par, you can find out more at
Instrumentalists and bands are invited to submit to compete for the 2022 FreshGrass Awards with its $12,500 in cash prizes. Awards are offered for banjo, fiddle, guitar, and full band, with the band winner also receiving a day of recording
The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that tickets will go on sale early next month for their annual Bluegrass Live! festival, held each year following the World of Bluegrass convention in Raleigh, NC. This is the major presentation each year
With the return this year of the Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival in east Tennessee after two years of cancellations, we also find a call for entries for the Mountain Soul Vocal Competition which honors the songwriting of local
