Live music has been gone for what seems like forever, and it may stay gone until who knows when. But the pandemic hasn’t stopped the flow of the recorded variety, and there’s been plenty of new music ...
The Congress Theater, in conjunction with newly-formed KingTello Presents, is proud to announce the inaugural Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival (cbgbfestival.com). While rooted in the foot-stomping ...
Monroe Crossing, the busy, well-traveled Minnesota-based bluegrass band, is celebrating its 10th anniversary year and its 10th CD release, "Heart Ache & Stone," with a tour that Friday night will stop ...
Mike Post has written the music for more classic TV series than anyone else: “The Rockford Files,” “Hill Street Blues,” “The Greatest American Hero,” “Magnum, P.I.,” “The A-Team,” “L.A. Law,” “NYPD ...
Aaron Lewis, Hayes Carll, Corb Lund and 26 other country-roots artists are heading to the area between now and March. Check ...
I used to spend lots of my time at bluegrass festivals in the 1970s. These events were usually held on meadows in the forests of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Western Maryland. A few were ...
The sound of wood and strings on air might sounder warmer, a little more resonant to Mike Fleming on Sunday evening as that air rests over Stephens Lake Park. Fleming calls St. Charles home, and spent ...
Most of the songs on Gail Ceasar’s debut album fit its title, “Guitar Woman Blues.” But alongside such blues standards as “Sweet Home Chicago” is a version of “Rocky Top,” a tune usually performed by ...
Bill Monroe didn’t invent bluegrass music, but he refined it and is the person most often referred to as the “Father of Bluegrass.” The classic instrumentation includes upright bass, banjo, fiddle, ...
See one or see it all. In these shows, you can hear three different bluegrass styles. Tony Furtado will perform at KAFM’s Radio Room on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 p.m. I recommend that you get your ...
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