Boston-based quartet Crooked Still is heading back to the UK in January 2007. They have four dates in England (1/21-24), followed by an appearance at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow on the 25th.
Find info on all their dates on their web site.
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The Del McCoury Band will spend the second half of July touring in the British Isles, with 7 shows during that time in England, Scotland and Ireland. Fans in the UK will have a chance to see this powerful and engaging entertainer in person, some perhaps for the first time.
The dates and cities are...
Dollywood has announced the dates and locations for their 2007 audition tour. These auditions are for singers, actors, musicians, dancers, technicians and specialty acts who are interested in employment at the park during the 2007 season (March 31-December 30). They are looking for singers and instrumentalists...
The Crooked Jades, purveyors of "vintage music" in the truest sense of the word, are set to embark on a tour of the UK in July. The band is configured as an old time string band, but their music and influences are drawn from a wider range than the music of Appalachia. The approach is minimalistic, and...
Our friend Richard Hawkins over at The Bluegrass Ireland Blog is reporting that Crooked Still, the innovative Boston-based string band, is heading back to Ireland for a follow-up tour later this month. They made quite an impact when they visited last year, and have ten dates set for this tour between...
The various live performances from the recent Celtic Connections festival in Scotland that have been aired on BBC Scotland can be accessed online.
Cherryholmes is among the acts whose appearances were aired, and three songs from their set (Black & White, Turn Me Down and Tell Me Why) can be seen...
Word comes from Crooked Still that cellist, and founding member Rushad Eggleston will be leaving the band in November.
Perhaps serving as a testament to his unique abilities as both a musician and a performer, the band will be bringing in two players to fill his spot. Tristan Clarridge on cello and...
Special Consensus mandolinist Ashby Frank has agreed to send us updates and photos from their current tour of Britain and Ireland. Ashby is unsure how much web access he will have during the tour, but promises to send his musings whenever he has the chance.
Well, many miles and hours down the road...
When we posted in November about the upcoming January '07 release of the new CD from Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, we mentioned that they would tour in support of the project this year.
They are about to embark on a string of east coast dates together running from March 14-25, and will reunite for a...
Chris Thile has been touring in the UK this week with his band, Punch Brothers, in tow. They did several shows during Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival, which runs for two and a half weeks in January of each year. Shows, workshops, dances and talks are held at 14 venues in Glasgow, with more than...
The April issue of Everyday with Rachael Ray contains an article focused, of course, on the food of Virginia's Crooked Road.
In a regular feature about food and travel, called Go Away, Rachael visits several locations along The Crooked Road. I've not read the article, but I've been told that the music...
For your Sunday reading pleasure I've gathered up a couple links to articles that might be of interest. Here they are in no particular order.
Vince Gill - The Boston Globe has a nice 2 page story about Vince Gill's new 4 disc set that includes one disc of accoustic and bluegrass music.
The Crooked...
A couple of days ago we mentioned some of the activities in which Cherryholmes have been involved during the summer so far. Here's some information to delight English fans of Cherryholmes' style of bluegrass.
This dynamic family bluegrass band is listed among the acts to appear at the 44th Cambridge...
This afternoon, I had a lovely chat with Lynn Morris and Marshall Wilborn. Longtime bluegrass fans are well familiar with Lynn’s many years as a performer, bandleader and friend to our music, and we all felt a great loss when she suffered a stroke in Match of 2003, keeping her off the road and out [...]
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