My first exposure to Greg Cahill and his bluegrass band, The Special Consenus, occurred several years ago in Nashville, Tenn. No, I wasn’t attending one of Special C’s concerts. I was in a second-hand music store, probably a pawnshop, that was crammed with more live sound and recording equipment than I thought existed on the planet. It was all used, piled in dust-covered heaps without any thought to organization. Most of looked like it have a 30 percent chance…

Chicago-based Special Consensus, caught up in the sudden closing of Pinecastle Records, has found a home for its 35th anniversary CD. Appropriately entitled “35,” the album is now available on the Compass Records label.

Band leader Greg Cahill, who has taken various bandmates…

Poughkeepsie, NY., — We had a story earlier this month about the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association and a possible workshop with Byron Berline.

Thanks to Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association member Fred Robbins’ legwork, Byron Berline…

Austin, TX — Old Settler’s Music Festival has finalized its lineup for the 23rd annual roots-music festival and daily/nightly schedules so attendees can make plans to see all the artists they’ve been waiting for.

The Old Settler’s Music Festival, to be held at the Salt Lick Pavilion and Camp Ben McCulloch on FM 1826 south of Austin

The latest incarnation of the Special Consensus lineup is set to hit the hometown-stage of the Bluegrass Legends Concert Series tomorrow, March 6….