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This coming weekend, the folks at Bluegrass Underground will be doing a marathon taping for their second season on PBS television. Shows are scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday (2/24-26) deep inside the earth at Tennessee's Cumberland Caverns, just a half hour's drive from Nashville. Scheduled to appear over the three days are The Del [...]
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), was an American author and humorist better known by his pen-name Mark Twain. He is best known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published in 1876) and its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), and his association with the Mississippi river - the setting [...]
After 19 years of twice-annual concerts, promoters Glenn Williams and David Boley were in a quandary. Bad weather events and the poor economy resulted in low attendance at the twice-yearly festivals, which had been a staple in Northeast Alabama. Neither wanted the festival to end, but the losses could not continue. Reluctantly, the two decided [...]
We have learned that Corey Hensley, bass player with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, collapsed on stage Saturday afternoon during the band's set at the Lester Flatt Celebration in Sparta, TN. He was rushed to the hospital and spent the rest of the day in the ER, missing the band's second show. "Doc said sugar, blood [...]
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver are teaming up with singing country sweethearts Joey + Rory for a just-announced, 2012 package show billing as the Boots & Bibs Tour. The name comes from Doyle's signature fancy-pants boots, and Rory's trademark bibovers. Joey + Rory features husband-and-wife Joey and Rory Feek, both of whom are gifted singers and songwriters. Just [...]
Here is another fine gallery of Frank Baker's photos taken at the Fall Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival last weekend. These capture sets from Chris Jones & the Nightdrivers and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Speaking of Chris Jones... we are delighted that Chris has agreed to write a regular column for us starting in September. To see [...]
Nancy Cardwell just sent along another batch of photos from the July 14 Bluegrass Nights at The Ryman concert in Nashville where she interviewed Doyle Lawson about the legacy of Bill Monroe. The show featured performances by Sierra Hull & Highway 111, Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top X-Press, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. All four [...]
This interview with Doyle Lawson at the July 14 edition of Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman was conducted by Nancy Cardwell. If Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass was looking down from heaven last Thursday night, July 14 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, he would have been tickled. Remember the steely glint in [...]
We received a note on Monday from Richard Hawkins, who reports for both the Bluegrass Ireland Blog and the European Bluegrass Blog. He wanted to let us know about the terrific photo-essay he recently published, covering the 3rd annual Red Wine Bluegrass Party in Genoa, Italy. The event is hosted by Italian bluegrass group Red [...]
Terry Baucom... Bauc... the Duke of Drive, the Grand Poobah of bluegrass banjo, the honorary Mayor of the key of B. He's known by many names, but never as solo artist until last week's release of his debut album, In A Groove. It does seem a bit odd that such a highly celebrated bluegrass musician, [...]
