Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum
Laurie Lewis
on Hightone Records
August
20-24 - British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop, Sorrento, B.C.
http://www.musicworkshops.ca/
September
6 - Little Fox, Redwood City, Calif.
650-369-4119 http://www.foxdream.com
7 - Studio E, Sebastopol, Calif.
707-542-7143 http://www.northbaylive.com
8 - Mountain Sage, Groveland, Calif.
209-962-4686 http://www.mtnsage.com
22 - [...]

Boilin’ Oil
Dixieland Music Park in Waldo, Fla., has announced the lineup for its annual Labor Day Weekend festival Aug. 29-Sept. 2.
Produced by Steve Dittman of Original Bluegrass Productions, the lineup features regional bands peforming Friday through Sunday. Groups include White Sands Panhandle Band, Roger Bass and Hillbillies, Florida Bluegrass Express, Swingin’ Bridge, Southern Bridge [...]

Thrill of the Grill Competitors
ARTHUR, Ill. — Bluegrass and barbecue may have gotten to be too good a thing in the small central Illinois town of Arthur.For the past few years, the east central Illinois community played host to a weekend, sanctioned barbecue contest coupled with a big bluegrass jam. Trouble is too many [...]

When hearing a person sing for the first time, the listener - seasoned or not — knows within the first few seconds whether the singer “has it” — or doesn’t have it. Carrie Hassler definitely “has it!” Hassler’s voice has a dynamic and a range that could represent any genre of music she [...]

Rhonda Vincent and her bandmates, The Rage, led the pack today as nominees were announced for the 2007 International Bluegrass Music Association awards. Vincent, who started performing at an early age with her family’s band in Missouri, and the Rage, led the field with 11 nominations.
Two bona fide pioneers — Howard Watts (better known [...]