Nashville, Tenn. - The bluegrass world is set to gather on September 30 for the 2010 International Bluegrass Music Awards, recognizing the year's most outstanding accomplishments in 17 categories and honoring two pioneers for their groundbreaking influence. The star-studded evening will feature a ...view article
Poor Man’s Whiskey will perform their incredible bluegrass interpretation of Darkside of the Moon at the Fillmore, San Francisco on Nov. 11th, 2011. The band has not performed the Darkside of the Moonshine in San Francisco since 2008. This time around, PMW has Michael ...view article
AUSTIN, Texas —The schedule has been set for the 27th Old Settler’s Music Festival, and it’s packed full with some of the world’s finest roots, bluegrass and Americana artists. This year’s hotly anticipated acts include Jeff Bridges & the Abiders, Big Head ...view article
For more than 30 years, Jerry Joseph has been strapping on a guitar and chasing down truth, understanding and soul with tenacity and resonant skill. Joseph is the archetypal musician’s musician - something that’s resoundingly clear on his sweeping new double album Happy Book, ...view article
On December 6, 1996, Phish played their debut gig in Las Vegas at the Aladdin Theatre. It was the final show of a 35-date fall tour that stretched across the country, and it was the first in what became a loose tradition of off-the-wall, humorous and irreverent Vegas appearances. This new 3-CD set (available ...view article
THE MOTHER HIPS ANNOUNCE SXSW PERFORMANCES AND NEW TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF ALBUM 'PACIFIC DUST'
The Mother Hips release their SXSW performance schedule and a slew of spring dates, including the (((folkYEAH!))) presentation of the second annual Mother Hips Family Hipnic at the Fernwood Resort ...view article
As summer fades and autumn arrives, the music of Greensky Bluegrass is piquing new ears and peaking out. This past weekend at the Hoxeyville Festival in Northern Michigan, the band offered the crowd of thousands two surprise guests to close out their Saturday night show by inviting the Grateful Dead ...view article
Seasoned veterans of Chicago's blues scene Lubriphonic is a horn-infused, funk and soul stew. The Gig Is On is their new CD which is due out later this fall and features a vintage sound steeped in soulful horn melodies that balance the searing guitar and pulsing rhythm section. To give the music community ...view article
Keller Williams releases his first-ever all-covers collection, amusingly titled Thief, on May 25, 2010. Recorded with the Keels—husband and wife duo Larry and Jenny Keel—Thief includes songs originally written and recorded by as wildly diverse an assemblage as anyone’s ...view article