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With this mega-gallery, we conclude Frank Baker's superb photo journalism at the August 2012 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Thanks Frank!
If you’ve ever lived in New York City, then you know that after some time the place starts to feel like it’s some kind of wonderfully weird, uniquely American experiment - a city where different people, bizarre smells, confused tongues, opposing viewpoints, and incongruous cultural mores are confined to a relatively small island, stacked on [...]
Jamgrass guitar hero Larry Keel has released a new CD, Classic, with his touring band, Natural Bridge. Joining Larry is wife Jenny Keel on bass, Mark Schimick on mandolin and Will Lee on banjo. Of the 12 tracks, 9 come from within the wider Natural Bridge family, being written by Keel, his bandmates, or their [...]
Milo Farineau captured these shots Sunday evening (2/26) when Larry Keel and Yonder Mountain String Band performed at The Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, VA.
Steep Canyon Rangers will mark their 10th Anniversary tomorrow evening (1/21) with a special concert at the Orange Peel Social Aid & Pleasure Club near their home in Asheville, NC. Joining them in celebrating this milestone will be artists from two opposite ends of the bluegrass spectrum: first generation pioneer Curly Seckler and jam grass [...]
This post is a contribution from Diane Farineua, who will be providing interviews with artists she encounters as part of her research for The Festival Project. See her profile here. One of the highlights at the Infamous Stringduster’s new weekend music event, The Festy Experience, was a Sunday appearance by Larry Keel and Natural Bridge. [...]
Milo Farineau took in the debut Festy Experience, the recently-concluded three day music event headlined by The Infamous Stringdusters adjacentent to the Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Nelson County, Virginia. The entertainment featured a who's who of modern bluegrass and jam grass acts - Tony Rice Unit, Crooked Still, Railroad Earth, Larry Keel, Packway Handle [...]
Larry Keel and Natural Bridge is offering four free audio downloads to anyone who signs up for their mailing list. The songs are from their current CD, Backwoods: Diamond Break, They, Crocodile Man and Bitten By A Snake. All four songs are Keel originals, with Diamond Break a co-write with Chris Jones. Natural Bridge is [...]
Chris Pandolfi, of Infamous Stringdusters fame, has put together another of his "On The Road" videos, this time from a show the band did with Larry Keel earlier this year in New Jersey. He catches the band in the van, backstage and onstage with Keel. It's a wild - and sometimes psychedelic - ride. We'll [...]
Mark Schimick, mandolinist with Larry Keel and Natural Bridge, and his wife Leigh, are celebrating the birth of a son. David Riley Schimick bounced into this world on Wednesday (2/25) at 12:12 p.m, weighing in at 7 lbs. 9 oz. Mark tells us that they will be calling him Riley, after Gid Tanner and the Skillet Licker's [...]
