Jan 6th, 2009 · The award-winning bluegrass family band is led by bassist Jere Cherryholmes, and features his wife and four children. Now nominated for the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy Award, the group plays a set on Mountain Stage.
Jan 2nd, 2009 · Jake Shimabukuro is a genre-demolishing artist who plays jazz, blues, funk, classical, bluegrass, folk, flamenco and rock. It's all with the mission of showing everyone that the ukulele is capable of much more than just traditional Hawaiian music. He performs a concert from San Francisco.
Dec 25th, 2008 · The bluegrass musician from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains has been a musician at Tokyo Disneyland and has won flatpicking competitions in Colorado. With his band Natural Bridge, Keel played a set of fiery, authentic music on Mountain Stage.
Dec 5th, 2008 · This year proved once again that folk music is alive and thriving in all its forms: Americana, bluegrass, Celtic, country, blues, world and so on. Our top picks for 2008 not only illustrate the rich mix of folk music heard every day at FolkAlley.com, but also showcase the genre's ongoing diversity and vitality.
Nov 18th, 2008 · One of the most distinctive voices in modern bluegrass, Dan Tyminski visits Mountain Stage for the first time with his own band to perform songs from his second solo release, Wheels. The set closes with "Man of Constant Sorrow," the bluegrass standard prominently featured in the 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Nov 3rd, 2008 · The Dobro master has appeared on countless recordings and collaborated with the upper echelon of country and bluegrass musicians. But his taste and talent don't exist only in the realm of those genres, as Douglas has played and recorded with the likes of Ray Charles, Paul Simon and Elvis Costello and Eric Clapton.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · The music of Railroad Earth defies conventional classification. Their bluegrass-influenced amplified style deftly combines an exceptional songwriting and interesting improvisations, and the result is earning them praise among the greats of jam bands. Railroad Earth bring their unique style to the World Cafe studios.
Oct 14th, 2008 · This fall, bluegrass veteran Del McCoury celebrates 50 years in the music business. With his trademark high tenor sounding as distinct and sharp as ever, McCoury shows no signs of slowing down. His band recently performed in Bristol, Tenn./Va., for Mountain Stage.