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David Morris will be on the ground this weekend at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, reporting back on the 62nd iteration of this popular Pennsylvania event. The festival has been going since 1979 when it was founded by Joe Cornett and his wife Lil. Now run by their daughter and her husband, Rich and Cyndie Cornett [...]
Great news for fans of JD Crowe's banjo picking! We just got an update from Mike Drudge at Class Act Entertainment on JD's rehab progress after suffering multiple fractures in his left arm back in February. Crowe slipped getting off the bus on 2/18, and broke both his elbow and humerus. JD says that he [...]
Great news for fans of JD Crowe's banjo picking! We just got an update from Mike Drudge at Class Act Entertainment on JD's rehab progress after suffering multiple fractures in his left arm back in February. Crowe slipped getting off the bus on 2/18, and broke both his elbow and humerus. JD says that he [...]
Fanning The Fire, a new short documentary set to enter this season's film festival circuit, uses the passion and excitement of a young Texas picker to demonstrate to audiences of any age what bluegrass music is all about. Though it features snippets of interviews and live performances from noted artists like Dan Tyminski, JD Crowe, [...]
We have learned that power picker Jim Mills will be filling in this weekend for JD Crowe. As we reported last month, JD fell last month exiting his tour bus, and broke his left arm in two places. Jim has trimmed down to his ideal fighting weight, and should be in top form to assume [...]
Good news is coming in about JD Crowe, following the serious fall he took last Friday evening (2/18) on the way to a show. As we posted over the weekend, Crowe broke his left upper arm and a bone in his elbow when he slipped stepping down from his tour bus. The band took him [...]
We have just learned that banjo pioneer JD Crowe took a fall last night as he was stepping off the bus en route to the Joe Val festival in Framingham, MA. A quick trip to the hospital revealed that his arm was broken in two places. We will post further updates as we get more [...]
Would you like to have bluegrass bad boys Mountain Heart over for an intimate house concert - just for you and a select group of family and friends? Well, if you live within a 75 mile radius of Nashville, the folks at Music City Roots can make that happen. As part of the promotion for [...]
In adition to the fine photos taken by our 2010 IBMA shooters (Russ Carson, Christy Reid and Roy Swann), we have found a number of other sites that have images posted. Cindy Baucom, who co-produced the Awards Show with Trisha Tubbs, got some great shots backstage during both the rehearsal and the show itself. She [...]
Here's another radio event you won't want to miss today (9/27). Ricky Wasson, guitarist and lead vocalist with JD Crowe and the New South, will join Zeke Buttons on WSKV FM to introduce one of the most fabled and sought-after recordings in the history of bluegrass music. Any serious student of our music recognizes the [...]
