Chris Robinson Brotherhood announce today that Tony Leone has joined the band on drums. His first performance with The CRB will be this coming weekend at the Sunshine Music & Blues Festival in Florida followed by a 14-date tour across the Midwest ...view article

There are many roads you travel down to see music, the road leading to Wakarusa Music Festival was one of the most splendid treats about partaking in this years fest. Winding up and down the hills of Arkansas, through the lush Ozark Forest there lay the top of Mulberry Mountain. There was a lot of ...view article

Something special happens when bluegrass brings us together in the mountains of Colorado.  Nestled in the Rockies along the headwaters of the Colorado River, Rancho Del Rio is a venue fit for just that.  As we came around the final bend of the Colorado River Headwaters Scenic Byway and ...view article

The inaugural edition of the North Coast Music Festival, in 2010 was a mixed bag as an experience.  The music was excellent but the “festival” had a lot of rough edges, but given that it was the first attempt at this type of festival that was to be expected.  The 2011 edition ...view article

The bitterness of Chicago in the winter is one of the most dreaded times for a resident here, yet as the beginning of December rolled around the summer festival feeling was brought the the city with the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues festival. As those with cabin fever broke away from their electric ...view article

Beer comes in many flavors. So do musicians. Rare as a double lightning strike is when both meet in perfect harmony. But it’s happened: String Cheese Incident keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth is the musician, and Hoopla is his beer. And they’re ...view article

The forward-thinking band Umphrey’s McGee will carve out new terrain in musical interactivity with their fans at the first "UMBowl," an unprecedented 4-quarter evening-long concert on Saturday, April 24th, at Lincoln Hall in the group’s hometown of Chicago.

Umphrey’s, which has long forged ...view article

“The picture on the cover, that’s Broadway in Baltimore, maybe back around the time I started playing in the clubs,” Del McCoury says with a smile.  Then he adds, just before breaking into his signature, eyebrow-wiggling laugh, “Back then, you could get anything you needed ...view article