This just in from the folks at Rooster Walk Music and Arts Festival:
Organizers of the Rooster Walk Music & Arts Festival announced the addition of eight bands to the lineup, led by co-headlining acts Lettuce and the Sam Bush Band. Continue reading
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Welcome 2016 with music instead of overhyped NYE party
I ran across this meme the other day compliments of a friend, who shared it on social media:
Admit it, we’ve all done it. This year, however, will be different. If you choose to go out, you’ll welcome the new year by listening to one of your favorite bands with like-minded fans — instead of attending some overpriced and ultimately disappointing party.
The Avett Brothers were trailblazers 10 years ago with a NYE show at Charlotte’s Neighborhood Theatre. Now, everyone seems to be getting in on the idea.
Following is just a smattering of the NYE concert options happening in the Southeast and beyond. If you know of a show worth noting I failed to mention, please add to the comments. Enjoy and be safe out there! This also ran on The Huffington Post here. Continue reading
‘Live at the Rives Theatre Concert Series’ kicks off with Love Canon on Saturday, Jan. 30
The historic Rives Theatre in uptown Martinsville, Virginia, will kick off its annual fundraiser “Live at the Rives Theatre Concert Series” 2016 season with Love Canon on Saturday, Jan. 30. Fans of Rooster Walk Music and Arts Festival and FloydFest won’t want to miss this show to get a preview of one of the acts that will be featured at FloydFest 16 and hopefully at Rooster Walk 8. Continue reading
FloydFest 16 to welcome Warren Haynes, Gregg Allman Band for first time, tickets increase Jan. 1
Lineup announced for 43rd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival
From the folks on Planet Bluegrass as of 12:23 this morning: Continue reading
FloydFest announces additional acts for 2016
This just arrived in my inbox from the folks at FloydFest:
“We promised a month of book-ended artist announcements, and we are here to deliver on the dream, welcoming favorites old and new, and weaving some world textures into the pattern — announcing, for FloydFest 16:
Leftover Salmon, Keller Williams with More Than a Little+, Femi Kuti & Positive Force, Greensky Bluegrass, Bombino, Love Canon String Band, Liz Vice, Los Colognes, Seth Stainback & Roosterfoot, Mingo Fishtrap, Polyrhythmics, Caravan of Thieves, Dead Winter Carpenters, TigermanWOAH!, These Wild Plains, Dirty Bangs, Cask Mouse, and Cactus Attack!
Plus: Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Railroad Earth, Shakey Graves, The Wood Brothers, Elephant Revival, Anders Osborne, Pimps of Joytime, Rich Robinson, Monophonics, Otis Taylor Band, The Larry Keel Experience, Con Brio, The Legendary Shack Shakers, Head for the Hills, Honey Island Swamp Band, The Congress, Banditos and Dustbowl Revival.
And there is more to come — all you midnight riders are going to love the pending Dec. 10 announcement! ”
Want to learn more? Visit www.floydfest.com
Tickets still available for Donna the Buffalo with Peter Rowan at The Rives Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 21
Donna the Buffalo with Peter Rowan are coming to The Rives Theatre in uptown Martinsville, Virginia, on Saturday, Nov. 21, in what is being billed as possibly the venue’s biggest show since it was re-opened five years ago. Continue reading
John Prine, The Wood Brothers among initial MerleFest 2016 lineup
MerleFest fans, the wait is over! According to the following announcement from MerleFest, fans can look forward to hearing headliners John Prine, Dave Rawlings Machine and The Wood Brothers as well as MerleFest favorites Steep Canyon Rangers, Jerry Douglas, Scythian, Donna the Buffalo, The Kruger Brothers and some new acts including the Will Overman Band at MerleFest 2016 on April 28- May 1, 2016. Continue reading
Bruce Hornsby, The Wood Brothers among initial lineup for FloydFest 16 set for July 27-31
FloydFest is getting a jumpstart on the summer 2016 music festival season with the announcement of its initial lineup along with a couple of surprises. Continue reading
On Huffington Post: Ancient Tones – New Sounds Festival makes it debut Sept. 25-27 on storied grounds in Union Grove, N.C.
Ancient Tones – New Sounds Festival is making its debut Sept. 25-27 in Union Grove, North Carolina, with a stellar lineup of Americana, Celtic, bluegrass and old-time mountain music artists including The Horse Flies, Scythian, Yarn, Mountain Heart, Blu Bop, The Fighting Jamesons, Big Fat Gap, Hard Cider, Whiskey of the Damned, Brynmor, The GoodFellers, The Brown Liquor Pickers and Mason Via and Friends.
“I want to put a focus on the the common musical thread that runs through the roots of each of those genres,” says Robert Gabb, festival founder, organizer and musician. “All of these bands were purposely chosen. The premise is tracing the lineage between all this music; tracing the footsteps of the first Celtic settlers which translated into old-time mountain music and then bluegrass and then Americana.”
The culmination of what Gabb, who originally hails from Wales, describes as a cultural heritage festival will come Saturday night when his Irish band heads up a mashup of musicians. “We want to get people out of their seats and dancing.”
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