David Grisman Teaches Mandolin: Style, Technique and Musicanship "Dawg Mandolin" [With 6 CD's]
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
We try to be helpful to groups that come to town, but it wasn't until yesterday that I finally got confirmation of Quartet San Francisco performing at CAPA tonight. It was far too late to get it in the listings, but here is the info on this quality ensemble: November 18, 7 pm CAPA, Downtown $20 adults, $10 students (free for CAPA students) Here is some of the program Tango Toscana. Jeremy Cohen The...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
There's a relationship between the fall of junk bonds and the rise of jug bands. At least that's Maria Muldaur's take. "Jug band is the perfect good-time...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Ann Arbor-born fiddler/violinist/composer Jeremy Kittel is backed up by some musical heavy-hitters on his fourth album, "Chasing Sparks," including bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolin masters Chris Thile (of Nickel Creek fame) and Mike Marshall (a former member of the David Grisman Quintet).
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Nashville, TN -- After much anticipation, bluegrass patriarch Del McCoury and WAMU’s Bluegrass Country’s Katy Daley announced the initial lineup for the 3rd Annual DelFest live on air this morning. They then proceeded to take calls from fans and play cuts from the Del McCoury Band’s new album, Family Circle, which hits stores today. In addition, tickets are now on sale at www.DelFest.com....
Valdosta Daily Times--Local News (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
October 22, 2009 09:33 pmAmerican Roots: MagnoliaFest returning to Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park By Dean Poling LIVE OAK, Fla. — For a dozen years, the MagnoliaFest has brought what is touted as a festival of American Roots Music just a few dozen miles south of the Georgia-Florida line. This week, the MagFest has returned with plenty of familiar Americana musicians for festival regulars and...
Fl color promo a img fl color promo (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
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Alternate Brain (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
It's been hotter'n usual around here for this time of year and I've been enjoying it, knowing it wouldn't last, and today dawned chillier and blustery. And then I ran across this tune from Termite58 . This goes out to all my peer age group who may nod their heads in understanding of the lyrics. For folks who may not know who Herb Pedersen is, here's Termite58's notes: Herb Pedersen (born April 27,...
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Nanaimo: Catch this legendary singer’s performance.
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
As you can see below, there's a lot going on over the next seven days in the clubs, restaurants, hotels and concert halls around Rochester that feature jazz. Here are the listings through next Wednesday: Thursday, September 24, 2009 Jazz...
JH Underground – Jackson Hole, Wyom (Free subscription) | 19/09/2009
The best description I heard of the Targhee Bluegrass Fest this year came from a friend who said, “This is our summer vacation.” What an escape to a mountainside jamboree of banjos, fiddles and mandolins. And hula hoops. And 22-ounce mugs of Grand Teton beer refilled for $5. There are few festivals in America that can match [...]
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Duncan: Catch this legendary singer’s performance.
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
Victoria: TheAmerican roots music heroine is returning to her jug band days. Good time music for hard times! Everything old is new again.
SLV Dweller (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
The high desert acoustic music of Mark Dudrow and Justin Dean will provide the soundtrack for “Suds for SAR,” Tues., Sept. 15, 8pm at the San Luis Valley Brewing Co., courtesy of the Alamosa Live Music Association (ALMA). The event will raise money for Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue (AVSAR), a volunteer non-profit public service organization dedicated to providing search and rescue...
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
Apropos of Richard’s fine tribute to Mike Seeger, here is some related news. The Arhoolie Foundation has recently released a DVD of the Yasha Aginsky film, Always Been A Rambler, an hour-long documentary on the New Lost City Ramblers, of which Mike was a founding member. The film tells the story of this seminal folk group using [...]
whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 23/08/2009
“..Mike Seeger was one of the finest musicians specialising in North American vernacular music you could ever hope to see. His gift was immense. A master musician, a musician’s musician, he made music shaped by and imbued with his own wit and personality which eschewed sterile virtuosity in favour of retaining rough edges faithful to his [...]
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