If there were a theme to the Jamgrass Festival tour stop at Alpine Valley Music Theatre Saturday, it could be “The Originals and the Acolytes.” The term “jamgrass” is of fairly recent vintage, ...
Growing up in the Blue Ridge Mountain area, the members of Shadowgrass soaked up a healthy dose of old-time music during their formative years. The aspiring roots musicians began attending bluegrass ...
Before the three founding members of Fruition had their first face-to-face encounter after the Covid-19 pandemic, they weren’t sure what the future held for their band. The Portland Americana act were ...
As part of a 25th Anniversary Tour, the jamgrass band Railroad Earth heads to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 8 p.m. May 9, promising spontaneity and virtuosity in the setlist.
Belly Up welcomes back one of the original jamgrass groups in music history, Leftover Salmon. The progressive bluegrass band will take the stage on Sunday night and follow an opening act by Taylor ...
A version of this story first appeared in weekly emailed newsletter The Good News with Brad Schmitt. Sign up for that newsletter at tennessean.com/goodnews. For years ...
Bluegrass is a grass native to England, but the namesake musical idiom is definitely all-American. Nestled between traditional blues and country, bluegrass is Southern string band music marked by ...
After moving to Denver from West Virginia six years ago, Kirk Hubbard began documenting the city’s bluegrass, jamgrass and acoustic scenes by recording shows, shooting video and taking photos. He also ...
Acoustic and improvisational music will return to the summer festival circuit this summer with the launch of the inaugural JamGrass 2002 tour. The run will feature the David Grisman Quintet, the Sam… ...
Perhaps the most original purveyors of progressive-minded bluegrass will play alongside a giant of the genre this weekend when Mass MoCA hosts the two-day event, "FreshGrass: A Festival of Bluegrass + ...