Having seized the figurative mic with 2015’s bluegrass take on The Who’s rock opera Tommy, The HillBenders continue their run of larceny on their 11-track follow-up by stealing the show. The Springfield, Missouri quintet’s eponymous fourth album further highlights the […]
Bluegrass is wrongfully stereotyped as a traditional music with more than a little hayseed in its ears. Perhaps this stereotype grows out of its early emergence from its own source material, which was then emphasized by its use in television […]
Many people think of bluegrass music and hillbilly music in the same breath. Old-time, a description often applied to string band music as it developed in the first third of the 20th century in the mountains, hills, and hollers of […]
Ever visited an art museum, say MoMA in New York, and as you are slowly making your way through the galleries, gazing at all those sumptuous paintings, letting them seep into your consciousness, you come to Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” […]
IBMA World of Bluegrass, Raleigh, NC 10/2/2015 Definitely my favorite set of the weekend!
There are moments all throughout rock and roll history that are benchmarks in listeners’ lives. There have been several in my life, beginning at an early age up until the time I was old enough to buy my own 45s […]
At RockyGrass. From left: Nolan Lawrence, Gary Rea, Jim Rea, Chad “Gravy Boat” Graves and Mark Cassidy.
Day 2 at RockyGrass on July 25, 2015, in Lyons, Colorado, featured sets by I’m With Her: Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, Del & Dawg (Del McCoury and David Grisman), Sam Bush and The HillBenders. http://tinyurl.com/poy2g2r
Day 2 at RockyGrass on July 25, 2015, in Lyons, Colorado, featured sets by I’m With Her: Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, Del & Dawg (Del McCoury and David Grisman), Sam Bush and The HillBenders. http://tinyurl.com/poy2g2r
Day 2 at RockyGrass on July 25, 2015, in Lyons, Colorado, featured sets by I’m With Her: Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, Del & Dawg (Del McCoury and David Grisman), Sam Bush and The HillBenders. http://tinyurl.com/poy2g2r
