Henryville, IN native Michael Cleveland, one of the most celebrated and awarded musicians in bluegrass history, was recently named a recipient of the 2020 Indiana Governor's Arts Awards. Born completely blind, Michael started on the fiddle at four years old, determined as a youngster that he wanted to pursue bluegrass music. By age nine, he was [...]
All the elements and advantages fell into place this past Saturday when radio station WDVX and corporate sponsor ORNL Federal Union joined forces with the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee to present the fourth and final entry in their 2021 Summer Sessions concert series. Delayed due to the pandemic, the concert offered an exceptional double [...]
Like many other music venues across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic left Meadowgreen Appalachian Music Park in limbo. The park, which generally runs a concert series throughout the winter in its barn-like music hall near Clay City, KY, had to cancel the end of its 2020 season last spring, and was severely limited in what [...]
Charlestown, IN, the hometown of celebrated bluegrass fiddler and bandleader, Michael Cleveland, has designated today (February 5, 2020) as Michael Cleveland Day. The honor was presented to him earlier today by Charlestown Mayor Treva Hodges, and Clerk-Treasurer Donna Coomer, to recognize Michael winning a Grammy Award last month for his Tall Fiddler album. Cleveland was [...]
Michael Cleveland accepts his 2020 Grammy award for Best Bluegrass Album - photo by Catherine McBride Michael Cleveland has been named as the 2020 Grammy winner for Best Bluegrass Album for his 2019 release on Compass Records, Tall Fiddler. The album features the fiery fiddle along with a superstar band of bluegrass artists, like Sam [...]
It’s a testament to Michael Cleveland’s regal reputation within the bluegrass community that a host of special guests were apparently all too eager to join him on his new LP, the aptly dubbed Tall Fiddler. Of course, whether he was recording solo or surrounded by his notables pals, his credence would remain both recognized and [...]
Michael Cleveland is one of the premiere fiddlers of his generation. Along with his award-winning band, Flamekeeper, Michael has been firing up bluegrass fans with hot picking for nearly two decades. With his stellar new album, Tall Fiddler, Michael looks to expand his music, and in the process, introduce bluegrass to new audiences. The depth [...]
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper's upcoming CD release, Tall Fiddler, has been generating quite a bit of excitement and anticipation in the bluegrass world. That's because fans understand that anything from Michael will be chock full of his fiery bow work on both fresh and classic instrumentals, and a handful of great new songs. So Compass [...]
Most everyone who is a fan of bluegrass music knows that Michael Cleveland is blind; the fact is often briefly mentioned in bios and introductions, or tossed around in stories from one picker to another. However, any disabilities he may have are often quickly forgotten in the face of his sheer musical talent and the [...]
Henryville, IN native Michael Cleveland, one of the most celebrated and awarded musicians in bluegrass history, was recently named a recipient of the 2020 Indiana Governor's Arts Awards. Born completely blind, Michael started on the fiddle at four years old, determined as a youngster that he wanted to pursue bluegrass music. By age nine, he was [...] 
All the elements and advantages fell into place this past Saturday when radio station WDVX and corporate sponsor ORNL Federal Union joined forces with the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee to present the fourth and final entry in their 2021 Summer Sessions concert series. Delayed due to the pandemic, the concert offered an exceptional double [...] 
Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart at FreshGrass 2021 - photo © Dave Hollender Our friend Dave Hollender was at the 2021 FreshGrass festival in North Adams, MA last month, and captured some great photos of Béla Fleck's My Bluegrass Heart show. Performing with Béla on the show were Sierra Hull on mandolin, Bryan Sutton on [...] 
Like many other music venues across the country, the COVID-19 pandemic left Meadowgreen Appalachian Music Park in limbo. The park, which generally runs a concert series throughout the winter in its barn-like music hall near Clay City, KY, had to cancel the end of its 2020 season last spring, and was severely limited in what [...] 
Charlestown, IN, the hometown of celebrated bluegrass fiddler and bandleader, Michael Cleveland, has designated today (February 5, 2020) as Michael Cleveland Day. The honor was presented to him earlier today by Charlestown Mayor Treva Hodges, and Clerk-Treasurer Donna Coomer, to recognize Michael winning a Grammy Award last month for his Tall Fiddler album. Cleveland was [...] 
Michael Cleveland accepts his 2020 Grammy award for Best Bluegrass Album - photo by Catherine McBride Michael Cleveland has been named as the 2020 Grammy winner for Best Bluegrass Album for his 2019 release on Compass Records, Tall Fiddler. The album features the fiery fiddle along with a superstar band of bluegrass artists, like Sam [...] 
It’s a testament to Michael Cleveland’s regal reputation within the bluegrass community that a host of special guests were apparently all too eager to join him on his new LP, the aptly dubbed Tall Fiddler. Of course, whether he was recording solo or surrounded by his notables pals, his credence would remain both recognized and [...] 
Most everyone who is a fan of bluegrass music knows that Michael Cleveland is blind; the fact is often briefly mentioned in bios and introductions, or tossed around in stories from one picker to another. However, any disabilities he may have are often quickly forgotten in the face of his sheer musical talent and the [...] 