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Del McCoury is in the Bluegrass Hall of Fame, he’s a member of the Grand Ole Opry, a Grammy winner, and holds multiple IBMA awards, too many to list. Today is his 78th birthday. Even with all he’s accomplished, it seems as if he’s just now hitting his stride. I spoke with Del in 2008 [...]
Jarrett Bellini is a vlogger and online columnist based in Atlanta who posts regularly with his thoughts on popular culture, and interviews he records with music and arts celebrities who pass through town. Back in September, Jarrett caught up with Del McCoury for a video discussion on his Apparently This Matters web series. An adept [...]
We’ve carved the turkey. We’ve packed up the leftovers, and got them back out fifteen minutes later to finish off. We’ve fought through the crowds at Wal-Mart to score a good deal on a TV, and checked our phones every five minutes to see what Cyber Monday had to offer. After all that, we’re ready [...]
The Surry Arts Council, located in Mount Airy, NC, has announced an aggressive music series as part of their ongoing Visit Mayberry campaign. Billed as Blue Ridge & Beyond, the concerts will be held in the town's historic Earle Theatre and will features performances from some of the top acts in bluegrass. Shows start later this [...]
The Susan Cohan Colon Cancer Foundation takes care of people. That’s what it does. And, that is what it did on July 30th during the Susie’s Cause 2nd Annual Bluegrass-Folk Festival at Oregon Ridge Park in Cockeyesville, Maryland. The venue could not have been better. The weather, unfortunately, could have been. Absolutely teeming at times. [...]
Friday of Grey Fox 2016 was jam packed full of a wide variety of traditional and progressive bluegrass and related musics, legends, and new faces and sounds. Whether one wanted to see names that they had known and followed for years or be exposed to new music and people, plenty of options abounded all day [...]
Hosted by the International Bluegrass Music Museum, ROMP Fest 2016 delivered another fine round of bluegrass music for its 13th year. The music and the weather in Owensboro, KY was best described as hot! Thursday music kicked off with two Hall of Famers on the schedule — Larry Sparks and Del McCoury. Storms delayed the schedule [...]
Seize The Day…. In one way or another, that phrase became the catchphrase for an entire music festival this past Memorial Day Weekend, 2016. Seize The Day… Isn’t that how many of us feel as we arrive FINALLY to what is for most, one of the first bluegrass festivals of the summer season, DelFest? After [...]
And. Just. Like. That. Summer festival season is upon us. All burdens and worries lay crumpled on the asphalt behind us as cheery festival staff lasso our wrists with those colorful Charm City Bluegrass bracelets. We are in the grass now, folks; scanning the enchanting scene from the ridge. Baltimore’s beautiful Druid Hill Park with [...]
Thanks to the organizers of the Old Settlers Music Festival in Austin, TX who shared these images of the various bluegrass artists who performed last weekend at the annual alternative music and entertainment event.
