As an enthusiastic proponent of active, outdoor fun, it’s no surprise Canoegrass organizer Tom Helbig of Tomfoolery Outdoors cooked up some interesting new twists during its two-year break. The eighth ...

With an eye on safety during the COVID-19 pandemic but eager to provide programming, the La Jolla Music Society has moved its annual WinterFest gala to the spring, with plans to ensure “a fun way to ...

Most music festivals on Long Island choose to focus on rock, jam bands, blues or country. But there’s only one that spotlights bluegrass, the music genre that mixes acoustic instruments with ...

The 52nd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival brought a stellar lineup to the Colorado mountain town this weekend, with artists from Zach Top and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit to Alison Krauss & Union ...

Bluegrass came into being, at least in our modern understanding of the genre, alongside recorded music. That means we have recordings from the earliest bluegrass stars up until now. Rest assured, ...

A new effort led by Hollywood composer John Frizzell seeks to connect people with autism to each other through bluegrass. For musicians, jam sessions can be a moment of clarity, when the pressures of ...

When guitarist Tony Rice died on Christmas Day in his North Carolina home, bluegrass music bade farewell to a second-generation star who expressed his music in modern terms and embraced bluegrass’s ...

Local musicians Olivia and Emma Burney, known as The Burney Sisters, took the stage at Roots N Blues this year. The sisters performed their signature mix of country, folk and bluegrass. They also ...

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