Twenty-eight years after it launched, the annual MerleFest, in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, is now halfway into another year. I arrived midday on Friday — day two of the event — just in time to catch Portland, Oregon-based old-time group Foghorn Stringband. […]
It was a cold night in Connecticut’s north woods, but frigid temperatures didn’t stop Donna the Buffalo’s fans – collectively known as the Herd – from gathering for a one-nighter with the band at Infinity Hall in Norfolk. Donna isn’t […]
Tara Nevins and Jeb Puryear, backstage at the Infinity. Photo by Jim Motavalli.
On a cold night that felt more like western New York than the Piedmont of Georgia, Donna the Buffalo brought a three-hour party to Duluth with positive vibes and extended jams that had nearly everyone dancing in the aisles. Even […]
Donna The Buffalo’s press materials studiously avoid the term “jam band,” but it’s a decent starting point for a description of the sextet, because they do jam, often and at length, especially on this 2-CD live set. Only three of […]
