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Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper performed yesterday (10/10) at the Pickin' in the Park Festival Clear Brook, Virginia. Sharing the bill was Stoney Creek, who sent along some great photos of the day in the park. The Stoney Creek folks perform primarily in the VA/WV/MD/PA region, and are currently featured as the Artist Of The Week [...]
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper - 2010 IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year
Michael Cleveland - 2010 IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year
Kenny & Amanda Smith The Whites with Jerry Douglas The Grascals Michael Cleveland and Flamekeper
We have learned that fiddle superstar Michael Cleveland will miss his scheduled show today (9/18) at Dumplin’ Valley in Kodak, TN. Michael was admitted to the hospital earlier this week when he began to feel poorly on the way to fill in in with some friends at the Poppy Mountain festival. He was admitted to [...]
Just two weeks left to vote in our 2010 Bluegrass Blog Awards poll! It's our annual unofficial vote that matches the final IBMA awards ballot. Early results have The Gibson Brothers running away in several categories. They are way ahead in Vocal Group, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Gospel Recorded Performance. [...]
Marshall Wilborn is taking a leave of absence from his gig with Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper to complete treatment for Lyme disease. He tells us that the treatment, which lasts 28 days, is going well. Marshall will be back with the band on August 13 for their show at the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, [...]
Everybody in the bluegrass world knows what a monster fiddler Michael Cleveland is, but it seems that he impressed some gypsy jazz folks this past weekend as well. Michael and Flamekeeper were in Butte, MT performing at the National Folk Festival (7/11), and afterwards Dan Samuels, who is the percussionist in Funky Friday (a funk/hip [...]
We caught up with Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper earlier this week. They are at Hilltop Studios in Nashville working on their next project for Rounder Records, which they hope to see released sometime this fall, though no date has been set. They have been recording since last Friday (4/2) with Steve Chandler engineering and Jeff [...]
We heard this week from Jim Roe of Roe Entertainment, who shared some follow-up to a couple of stories we have covered on Bluegrass Today of late. Roe Entertainment handles representation for a number of popular bluegrass acts, including Lonesome River Band, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Josh Williams, G2, Darren Beachley and several others. One [...]
