Eileen “Grandma” Jones
I called her Ma. My siblings preferred Mom. All our own kids and later our grandkids called her Grandma Jones. I’ve been told she was called Grandma Jones by many folks, young and old, here in McLean, Illinois, which in the last few decades of her wonder life became her own [...]

Flatrock, N.C. – Bluegrass will be mixed in with plenty of eclectic performers at the llth Flatrock (North Carolina) Music Festival on Sept. 28, 29 and 30.It’s held at Camp Ton-A-Wandah in Flat Rock.
Here’s the lineup:
The Waybacks
Friday Main Stage
3:30 p.m. – FreeGrass
4:45 -Blue Mother Tupelo
6:15 – Ginn Sisters
7:45 – Randall Bramblett Band
9:40 – Waybacks
Midnight [...]

The 15th annual Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival, with a lengthy list of performers, will be held Sept. 11-15 on 1,000 acres of the rolling eastern Kentucky countryside.Although concerts won’t start until Sept. 11, campers can start arriving on the grounds on Sept. 1.
The Grascals
Performers include:
Sept. 11: Jack Lewis, Sage Knoll, Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian [...]

Larry Stephenson
The Horseshoe Bend Bluegrass Festival runs Sept. 7 and 8 on the banks of the James River in historic Scottsville, Va.
On Friday’s playbill are Charles Frazier & the Virginia Ramblers, The Larry Stephenson Band, the Bluegrass Brothers, Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray and Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers.
Saturday’s lineup includes IIIrd [...]

Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain
Live Oak, FL – Don Miller and Just Right Productions have announced details for the 2008 Spirit of Bluegrass Music Fest scheduled for Thursday, March 20 – Saturday, March 22, 2008 at The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Returning to the Main Stage next [...]