Peter Rowan with The Travelin' McCourys at the Sweetwater Music Hall - photo by Dorothy St. Claire Bluegrass veteran Peter Rowan made his first appearance on stage since a brief December illness when The Travelin' McCourys played recently at the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, CA. Fans of the 75 year old performer expressed concern when Peter [...]
When The Travelin' McCourys appeared at the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, CA last month, they stepped in to the Jam Van and recorded several videos for the Jam In The Van web series. The Van is a solar-powered mobile recording studio that tours the US looking for opportunities to record unique and interesting [...]
Ronnie McCoury at Old Settler's Music Festival (April 2017) - photo by Tom Dunning 2017 was the 30th Anniversary event for the Old Settler's Music Festival in the Texas hill country west of Austin. They offer four days of music, blending bluegrass, folk, and Americana groups which occurred this year April 20-23. Here are some [...]
Travelin' McCourys and Jeff Austin Band play the Grateful Dead's Fire on the Mountain - photo by David Russell Before the Grateful Dead pioneered psychedelic rock music, Jerry Garcia played bluegrass. One of Garcia’s first gigs in the early 1960’s was playing banjo in the Black Mountain Boys bluegrass band. His next project, Mother McCree's [...]
The Travelin' McCourys and The Jeff Austin Band have released a live video shot during their successful Grateful Ball tour last year. The concept behind the tour was that each group would perform their standard show, followed by a jammin' joint set composed of classic songs from The Grateful Dead, the band that spawned the [...]
Here is the final gallery of Frank Baker's photos from the August 2016 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. We hope to get some more from him next week at this weekend's Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival.
Good news for bluegrass loving Dead Heads! The Jeff Austin Band and The Travelin' McCourys have decided to recreate their successful Grateful Ball concert as a week-long tour this October. The original show was held at Urban Chestnut Brewing in St. Louis last month, and the bands and the fans had so much fun, they've decided to [...]
And. Just. Like. That. Summer festival season is upon us. All burdens and worries lay crumpled on the asphalt behind us as cheery festival staff lasso our wrists with those colorful Charm City Bluegrass bracelets. We are in the grass now, folks; scanning the enchanting scene from the ridge. Baltimore’s beautiful Druid Hill Park with [...]
Here's one way to while away the time if you find yourself stuck in traffic on a snowy freeway in Colorado. The Travelin' McCourys hit a dead stop trying to make their way to the Winter Wondergrass Festival in Avon, CO, so they decided to make the best of it in the bluegrass fashion. [jwplayer player="1" [...]
After 14 years slinging hot licks on guitar for Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Cody Kilby is moving to The Travelin' McCourys. The popular band, which is in effect, The Del McCoury Band absent the Del, has never had a full time guitarist, relying instead on their many friends in the biz to serve in [...]