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This report on the 2013 Festival of the Bluegrass is a contribution from Jim & Valerie Gabehart. Jim shared the review, and Valerie the photos. We have a great many additional photos to share taken by Estil Robertson. Look for those over the next few days. What does a working musician do when he/she gets [...]
Milo Farineau checks in with a fine gallery of photos from this past weekend's DelFest.
Mike Kelly was kind enough to send a few of the photos he shot on Saturday when the Bluegrass Album Band and some loyal fans braved the rain for a reunion show at the Bloomin' Barbeque & Bluegrass Festival. The weather was wet and drizzly all day for this free, community event, but roughly 3,000 [...]
This reflection on the Bluegrass Album band reunion in Asheville is a contribution from Alan Tompkins, prominent Texas bluegrass musician, impresario, and radio host. Mid-February weather in Dallas is usually great, some of the best each year, and not something I would normally leave (voluntarily) for a colder climate. But when Bluegrass Today posted that [...]
This is the first of two articles about the historic reunion of The Bluegrass Album Band this past weekend in North Carolina. There's no better way to start the Bluegrass Album Band reunion than with the crack of Crowe's banjo kicking off the album one song one: Blue Ridge Cabin Home in B flat from [...]
"The MOB is on its way!” is what Don Rigsby of the Rambling Rooks had promised when they left the stage. He was talking to an excited crowd of onlookers at the Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center (SKyPAC) in Bowling Green this past Saturday night, January 26. That’s right, friends, there’s a new MOB in [...]
WoodSongs Radio Old-Time Radio Hour, the internationally renowned stage-set radio show, celebrates an amazing milestone tonight (1/28), its 700th broadcast. The 700th show will feature the longtime purveyors, custodians and distillers of a modern big band swing sound Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. The show is at its new venue, the Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts [...]
They teased us at the IBMA Awards in September with a short performance, but the true magic is about to begin – the Masters of Bluegrass will finally be taking the stage this weekend. The band makes its premiere in Bristol, TN, at the Paramount Theater on Friday night the 25th, followed by a show on [...]
In addition to a reunion show next February at Bluegrass First Class in Asheville, NC, the original members of the fabled Bluegrass Album Band are set to reassemble again in May during the Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass festival in Sevierville, TN. These shows coincide with a celebration of the 30th anniversary of this all-star outfit's only tour back in 1983. [...]
Dr. Crowe, that is! The University of Kentucky bestowed an honorary degree on Friday (12/14) to the legendary J.D. Crowe, marking his lifetime contributions to the bluegrass world, and the Bluegrass State. Crowe has been a life-long Kentucky resident, and a rabid fan of the UK sports programs, making this a very proud moment for [...]
