Archive for December, 2007

Dusters Still jam

Here is a great YouTube video of Crooked Still and The Infamous Stringdusters jamming at the Strawberry Music Festival earlier this year. It was created and narrated by Dan Ruby of FestivalPreview.com.

Both groups back up Crooked Still vocalist Aoife O’Donovan on Look On And Cry, and then jam out on a spirited version of Old Joe Clark. Ruby also interviews Aoife, with those segments interspersed throughout.

Since this performance was captured before recent personnel changes in both groups, you’ll see Chris Eldridge with the ‘Dusters and Rushad Eggleston with Crooked Still. If you’ve not witnessed Eggleston’s manic cello live, you’ll want to get a good look at him here.

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Fantasy Festival on BluegrassCountry.org

The folks at BluegrassCountry.org have a special program running this next two weeks, highlighting some of the live performances they have presented on their 24/7 bluegrass audio stream.

The show is entitled Fantasy Festival at the Kampground of Our Minds, and will run through January 11 in their Open Mic time slot.

BluegrassCountry.org host Katy Daly says that they will combine many live shows into one show, where you can hear some of your favorite groups on stage.

“We wanted to highlight some of the live music that we’ve presented in special programs over the past year — groups like IIIrd Tyme Out, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Greencards, Stephen Wade, The Wilders and The Steep Canyon Rangers. We thought it would be fun to use the magic of radio to pretend that they’re all at the same venue; hence, the Fantasy Festival.”

Look for Fantasy Festival at the Kampground of Our Minds, running on Saturdays at 6:00 a.m., Mondays at 5:00 a.m., Thursdays at 3:00 a.m. and Fridays at 6:00 p.m. through 1/11/08 (all times EDT).

Catch it all live via live streaming at www.BluegrassCountry.org.