The Wood Brothers and Rayland Baxter play Bowery Ballroom on Friday, March 1. It’s a short-and-sweet list of must-sees this week, but they pack a punch. At the top of the list is The Wood Brothe… more →
grass clippings - Piles of Americana & bluegrass news, reviews and festivalswrote 1 week ago: North Carolina–based old-time African American string band, Carolina Chocolate Drops — 2010 Th … more →
wrote 1 week ago: I’m missing the first day of BottleRock Napa Valley today but stoked to be heading up to Napa … more →
wrote 1 week ago: The lineup for this year’s Philly Folk Festival features stalwart national acts, long-standing … more →
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Well, the weekend is upon us and it’s time to forget about that crummy work week. Nothing is b … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: One of the big debates in music is, where did what we call modern Western music come from? Most peop … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Graves Mountain Lodge is proud to announce the performance line-up for the 21st Annual Graves Mounta … more →
wrote 4 weeks ago: I recently heard this Jimi Hendrix song, ‘Gypsy Eyes’. At first it sounded great but ver … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Happy Monday morning to all of you! This morning’s videos are inspired by the concert R and I … more →
wrote 1 month ago: The banjo has plagued me most my life, like a constant jangling form of tinnitus or a bluegrass ridd … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Program for Tuesday, April 9, 2013 (1:00-2:30 pm) We’ve had a couple of weeks heavy on rhythm … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Sometimes we need to go back in time, back to the beginning. The Carolina Chocolate Drops are one su … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Summer is almost here, that magical time in Chicago when we forget about the pain in the ass that wa … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Check out this week’s buzz! Thur 3.28 | Blenheim Artisan Series: Bread w/ Gerald Newman of Alb … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I bet you can’t help sing along! (FYI this is a Lapageria flower which rarely blooms for me) … more →
wrote 2 months ago: When we think of Appalachian music, it’s likely that some pretty specific images come to mind. Perha … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Picture is copyright Jim Brock Photography With 2013 still early in its run, an early contender for … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The Steve Gibbons Band was cool. Anyone who could take a relatively obscure Chuck Berry song about a … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The Wood Brothers and Rayland Baxter play Bowery Ballroom on Friday, March 1. It’s a short-and … more →