Photos from Springfest

Milo Farineau sent this extensive gallery of images from the Suwanee Springfest in Florida, March 21-24. As is his habit, he captured scenes from the festival, both onstage and off.   Great job - thanks Milo!

Bon Voyage! Mountain Song at Sea sets sail

All aboooaaaard! All aboard, and bring your…banjos? About 2000 bluegrass fans, artists and press are taking to the high seas of the Atlantic today, February 1, on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky, for the maiden voyage of Mountain Song at Sea, the largest bluegrass festival afloat. Nearly two years in the making, Steep Canyon Rangers [...]

Breaking Down The Walls of Time in Roanoke

“Lost all my money but a two dollar bill Two dollar bill, boys, two dollar bill Lost all my money but a two dollar bill I'm on my long journey home.” Long Journey Home, as sung by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys Peter Rowan and Ronnie McCoury stood alone on the stark stage, [...]

Someday You Will video from Red Wine

Italy's Red Wine has a new music video for Liz Meyer's Someday You Will, a song from their latest album, Red. It's a low key video, with the band assembled in a a comfortable living room to run through the song. It perfectly suits the song's plainspoken message: someday you will come back to me. [...]

Formlessness Into Form part 1 now available

The first part of Formlessness Into Form, Chris Henry's film on the creative process in the bluegrass world which we previewed last week, is now available online. It's an interesting, if a bit offbeat documentary investigation, consisting almost entirely of interviews with bluegrass personalities discussing the questions at hand: where does the creative urge come from, [...]

Peter Rowan prepares for European tour

As Peter Rowan prepares to tour Europe, he is in the Compass Records' studio recording his second album for the label. Along with his current band, Keith Little (banjo), Paul Knight (bass) and Mike Witcher (resonator guitar), Rowan has been joined by the Travelin' McCourys, a band that he has played with frequently in the [...]

California Pickers – Paul Knight

Paul Knight is the best soundman on the west coast, and maybe beyond. I first knew him as a bassist, and I believe that is what he would call himself first. He is the bassist for Peter Rowan, as well as the current version of the Kathy Kallick Band (whose line-up is ever-changing). He was [...]

RockyGrass Day 3

This report from RockyGrass is a contribution from Jake Schepps and Christian Sedelmyer. The day started out with a gorgeous gospel set with local stars The Blue Canyon Boys featuring KC Groves (of Uncle Earl).  They provided a beautiful start to the morning and it was wonderful to hear the band with their new banjo player Chris Elliot [...]

Peter Rowan to tour with Mosier Brothers

Peter Rowan, who has see-sawed between traditional and experimental music throughout his career, has announced a four day run of dates with alt-grassers The Mosier Brothers in June. Rowan, of course, needs no introduction to most Bluegrass Today readers. He burst onto the scene as guitarist and vocalist with the Blue Grass Boys in the [...]

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