Nashville, Tenn. - Newly named “Father of Newgrass,” Sam Bush, recently received five award nominations from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) to complement his year of accolades and long career of distinction. This year, the four-time IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year ...view article

Split Lip Rayfield, powerhouse trio from Kansas has announced Winter 2012 tour dates.

Often described as a mix of bluegrass and country with an accent of metal, no other band delivers the experience of the homemade gas-tank bass played by Jeff Eaton, sets the mandolin strings on fire like ...view article

Chris Robinson Brotherhood will release Try Rock 'N' Roll—a limited edition 12" vinyl exclusive EP featuring four cover songs—on Black Friday, November 28. With only 1400 copies pressed and available solely at independent record stores, the collection ...view article

After battling liver cancer for just over a year, Richie Hayward has passed away.  He will always be remembered as the founding member of Little Feat, along with Lowell George, Bill Payne, and Roy Estrada.

KindWeb had the pleasure of interviewing Fred Tacket from Little Feat back ...view article

The Everyone Orchestra returns to Colorado for a four night run beginning September 16. Conductor Matt Butler will facilitate the musical improvisation of an unrivaled all-star cast including Steve Kimock on guitar, Jeff Sipe (Leftover Salmon, Trey ...view article

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, the four original members — Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir — will reunite at Chicago's Soldier Field, nearly 20 years to the day of the last Grateful Dead concert, which took place at the same ...view article

CHICAGO - The North Coast Music Festival (NCMF) is set to return Friday, August 29th, through Sunday, August 31st to celebrate it's 5th year anniversary in the beautiful city of Chicago! For the 5th year in a row, NCMF will bring together ...view article

On Tuesday, November 29, 2011, the Rex Foundation releases for download the 11 Track Jerry Jams for Rex II. Stellar musicians, including Railroad Earth, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Widespread Panic, The String Cheese Incident ...view article

(LOS ANGELES, CA - April 12, 2011) California's finest, Slightly Stoopid, will host their annual “420” celebration in their home-state this year at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, April 20th, 2011. The band recently announced they will be donating their ...view article

Portland, Ore. –  The Emmitt Nershi Band featuring Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon and Billy Nershi of String Cheese Incident will return to their progressive acoustic roots and perform their own form of Newgrass Bluegrass at the tenth annual Northwest ...view article