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Fans of Minnesota alt-grass heroes, Trampled By Turtles, will want to jump on this. The band's most recent recording, a 5 song EP called Sigourney Fever, will have a one day vinyl release this Friday (April 17). Only 1,000 copies of this record will be offered, and only through a pair of Minneapolis retailers who [...]
Pert Near Sandstone has launched a new podcast, Road To Blue Ox, to help promote and prepare people for their annual festival in their native Wisconsin. The alt-grass quintet hosts the Blue Ox Music Festival each June, inviting many of the top acts in progressive and contemporary bluegrass to appear with them in Eau Claire. [...]
The photos in this article were taken by Milo Farineau, and the report is from his son, Kirby. Only two seasons into its lifespan, Red Wing Roots Festival has already won the love, support, and excitement of the thousands of attendees who visited last weekend. The sophomore incarnation of the music fest put on by The [...]
Alternative bluegrass is everywhere lately, and one of the most recent additions to the subgenre is The Pine Hearts, a newly formed trio from Olympia, Washington. This group, which has been together for close to a year, offers listeners a catchy, peppy mixture of folk, indie, and jamgrass on its debut album, Distant Lights. The album [...]
We'd like to introduce David Smith, who will be providing on-site coverage during the Telluride Bluegrass festival next weekend in Colorado. He will join Jason Lombard who will be photographing the event for us. I’m thrilled to be joining the Bluegrass Today team for the extended weekend of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, June 20 through 24. [...]
Here's our last gallery of photos from DelFest 2013, taken by Gina Proulx. Fear not DelFesters... only 50 weeks to next year's event.
Here is our last gallery of Milo Farineau's images from DelFest 2013, though we have several more on the way from Gina Proulx who shot with Milo on site last month.
It’s that time of year again, where pundits assess various aspects of the past 12 months. One of the first to do so and publish their list of favourites is PopMatters, the international magazine of cultural criticism. PopMatters’ bluegrass Top Ten listing includes a good sample from mainstream bluegrass with albums from Lou Reid & [...]
Here's Milo Farineau's first photo gallery from FloydFest 2011.
We've just enjoyed back-to-back sets by Trampled by Turtles and the Emmit-Nershi Band. If the Turtles got paid by the note they could retire...that is some blazing bluegrass. Emmit-Nershi is an interesting marriage of bluegrass royalty, Drew Emmit of Leftover Salmon and Bill Nershi of the String Cheese Incident are joined by Andy Thorn on [...]
