Rounder recording artist and 6-time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year winner Michael Cleveland will make a guest appearance on tonight’s Grand Ole Opry during the 8:30 pm slot….

Wake Forest, N.C. — PineCone and the Town of Wake Forest present a free concert featuring Big Fat Gap on Sunday, August 2 at the Town’s new E. Carroll Joyner Park. The concert, which starts at 5 p.m., will be the first performance at the park, which is the newest in the Wake Forest Parks system. The park includes a 1000 lawn-seat amphitheatre, a performance area, the Walker garden, restored farm buildings and pecan grove, restrooms, pond, and approximately three miles of walking trails….

Flat Rock, NC — The Flat Rock Music Festival has a fun packed weekend for youngsters this Fall at the 14th annual Flat Rock Music Festival. Striving to stay at the forefront of the regional music festival scene, the Flat Rock Music Festival has become the destination for families from all over the Southeast United States. Located in historic Flat Rock, NC, Camp Ton-A-Wandah hosts the annual event at the end of September every year….

Winfield, Kansas — Bluegrass, folk, a band that includes a steel drum and even a stick player will be among the new artists to grace the stages in 2009 at the 38th annual Walnut Valley Festival coming this fall to south central Kansas. The Walnut Valley Festival has for some time, been an eclectic event and this year will be no different.

Always Been a Rambler, directed by Yasha Aginsky, traces the journey of the New Lost City Ramblers, stars of the 1960s folk revival who pioneered the concept of urban musicians working side-by-side with authentic traditional musicians. They influenced generations of musicians, from folk-rock elder statesmen Bob Dylan and Jerry Garcia to the contemporary African American string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

The DVD includes a “treasure trove of recently filmed and rare archival footage, photos and music. The film includes musical performances and interviews by…