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Bluegrass musicians often stretch the boundaries of the genre, using their chosen instruments to mix their traditional backgrounds with new and different styles of music. Sometimes this results in an interesting concert, a unique collaboration, or simply some fun jams. Other times, it produces an excellent album in which the bluegrass musician and his instrument [...]
Video from last night's performance by Jerry Douglas on The Late Show with David Letterman is now available on the CBS web site. Jerry offered up a bluesy version of Leadbelly's On A Monday, with Del McCoury at his side singing harmony, just as he did on Douglas' upcoming album, Traveler. Letterman's colorful musical director [...]
Jerry Douglas will be promoting his upcoming CD, Traveler, with an appearance Wednesday night (6/13) on The Late Show with David Letterman. Douglas is in New York for a show this Friday at the BB King Blues Club in Manhattan. On The Late Show, Jerry will perform On A Monday from the album, with Luke Bulla on fiddle, Omar Hakim [...]
Jerry Douglas, the reigning superstar of the resonator slide guitar, has released a video trailer to introduce his upcoming album, Traveler, due June 26 on eOne Music (formerly Koch Records). As long time fans are well aware, Jerry cut his musical teeth on bluegrass, making appearances as a young man on records from The Country Gentlemen, [...]
Reso-guitar sensation Jerry Douglas has a new album set for a June release. Like most of his recent projects, Traveler will feature a mix of his instrumental compositions with vocal interpretations by an eclectic group of singers. And he'll be using a lull in the Alison Krauss & Union Station schedule to tour in support [...]
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 [...]
To many young bluegrass converts, the name Boone Creek might not ring a bell. For those who are not familiar with that name, how do the names Jerry Douglas, Terry Baucom, and Ricky Skaggs grab ya? This short-lived group was a progressive bluegrass powerhouse during its short existence. Formed following Skaggs and Douglas’ departure from [...]
Last night (7/21), I was fortunate to catch Alison Krauss & Union Station in concert at the Roanoke Civic Center. She is extremely popular here, as she is in many parts of the world, and the audience was primed and ready for the show to begin. I was surprised to find Jeremy Lister opened the [...]
Here is the second photo-report from Jason Lombard, on the ground at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. So everyday at Telluride starts with a sprint from the front gate, to the front of the stage, to stake out your spot for the day. It sounds simple enough, but to get pole position for said sprint one [...]
Here's a day 2 report on Merlefest 2011 from Georgia Lowrance. She has promised us daily updates, with photos, from her position on the ground in Wilkesboro. The Creekside Stage is one of the smaller stages tucked away in a corner of the festival, but one of my favorites. My first goal this morning was [...]
