Missoula, Montana five-piece The Lil’ Smokies cross folk songwriting and bluegrass instrumentation with a sense of rock and roll rebellion throughout its third album, Tornillo. Members Matt Cornette (banjo), Andy Dunnigan (vocals, dobro), Scott Parker (bass), Matt “Rev” Rieger (guitar, […]
The Missoula, Montana, progressive bluegrass band The Lil’ Smokies made a scorching statement regarding their status as an “up and coming” acoustic band. They have definitively arrived. Their live show dazzled the Parlor Room crowd throughout their 17-song set. The […]
FloydFest and the Waterfront Blues Festival are, in many respects, opposites. Whereas FloydFest is off the beaten path in the middle of a forest that’s in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Floyd, Virginia, the Waterfront Blues fest is in downtown Portland, […]
