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With temps in triple digits, it’s been unusually hot this month, even by Austin standards. Outside at Threadgill’s, an understandably mellow crowd languished in the heat, waving homemade paper fans and downing gallons of water and beer to try and wash the sweat away more…
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The Expedition Quartet
With engaging, dynamic material that reflects the Colorado aesthetic of roots music, Expedition tries to offer something for everybody, (especially if you dig the banjo). Playing originals and standards in the swing, honky-tonk, and bluegrass/old time genres, but with intricate composition, counterpoint, and improvisation more characteristic of jazz and classical styles.Learn More
Jeff and Vida
One of the most well-known roots bands out of New Orleans, Jeff & Vida started way back in 1998. By 2000 they had recorded their first record and hit the road full time. Since then they’ve recorded two more albums and traveled thousands of miles. After appearances at last year’s SXSW, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Wakarusa and Festival International, they were awarded the prestigious “Big Easy Award” for best Country/Folk artist in New Orleans Learn More
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Sarah Jarosz: Song Up in Her Head With temps in triple digits, it’s been unusually hot this month, even by Austin standards. Outside at Threadgill’s, an understandably mellow crowd languished in the heat, waving homemade paper fan. […]
SPPS Seeks Writers and Tapers The SPPS is currently looking for writers and tapers. Stories with audio are a big hit with readers! So, we are looking to pair tapers with writers (or find some tapers with a talent for writing!). If. […]
Jayme Stone Presents: John Hartford! I rode up the canyon to my second Little Schoolhouse in the Pines show on May 22—a tribute to John Hartford, put together by stellar banjoist Jayme Stone. My four friends and I were very excited abo. […]
Mollie O’Brien and Laura Love Make One-Of-A-Kind Musical Shows Kathy Foster-Patton Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore and Laura Love and Orville Johnson were playing at the Little Schoolhouse in the Pines, which is up Boulder’s Four Mile Canyon ...[more]
Celebrating Sandy Alexander back in November, Sandy sent us an email and a donation - one of many. He was a supporter from the get-go around here. Taper, archivist, and lover of life. We'll miss you Sandman. Our Hero.
Spring Creek 05-09-2009 By Rich Ostella - The four-piece bluegrass band displayed a magnificent smorgasbord of talent at their Boulder Theater CD release party on May 9, 2009. Power guitarist Taylor Sims, dog house bass thun. […]
Old Settler’s Music Festival by Sarah Hagerman - It’s no secret that in recent years, Old Settlers Music Festival has been branching out from its acoustic and bluegrass roots. This being my first OSMF, I had little to compare i. […]
Pagosa Springs: From Indie Fest to Folk ‘N Bluegrass Festival by Kathy Foster-Patton Dan Appenzeller is the event director and the president of Folk West, the non-profit corporation that puts on Folk ‘N Bluegrass and the Four Corners Folks Festival in Pagosa S. […]
Review: Bright & Jacques Texacali Blues by Sarah Hagerman. A cold December night in Texas (yes, it does get cold in Texas), where cheap pitchers of Lone Star beer and heating lamps kept us warm under a billowy white tent that encompassed th. […]
Sometymes Why: Uncensored and Undefined by Sarah Hagerman. Alluring, absorbing, and a little bit far out with a whole lot of chutzpah – welcome to the uncanny world of Sometymes Why. Kristin Andreassen, Ruth Ungar Merenda and Aoife O’Do. […]
SPPS Seeks Writers and Tapers The SPPS is currently looking for writers and tapers. Stories with audio are a big hit with readers! So, we are looking to pair tapers with writers (or find some tapers with a talent for writing!). If. […]
Mollie O’Brien and Laura Love Make One-Of-A-Kind Musical Shows Kathy Foster-Patton Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore and Laura Love and Orville Johnson were playing at the Little Schoolhouse in the Pines, which is up Boulder’s Four Mile Canyon ...[more]
Spring Creek 05-09-2009 By Rich Ostella - The four-piece bluegrass band displayed a magnificent smorgasbord of talent at their Boulder Theater CD release party on May 9, 2009. Power guitarist Taylor Sims, dog house bass thun. […]
Martha Scanlan with Aaron Youngberg 05-09-2009 at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado source: matrix recording 50/50 source 1: sdbd > r-44 source 2: mxl2003s>v3>r-44 mastered w/all open source tools - Audacity on Ubuntu 9.04 Normed, Mixed, Fa. […]
Blue Maddies 05-09-2009 at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado source: matrix recording 70%sdbd / 30% aud: source 1: sdbd > r-44, source 2: mxl2003s>v3>r-44 mastered: w/all open source tools - Audacity on Ubuntu 9.04 -. […]
Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival: A Who's Who of Bluegrass Music For bluegrass music fans, the arrival of summer means it will soon be time to pack up the family and head for Oak Hill, NY where a normally quiet, out-of-the-way farm in rural Greene County will be tr. […]
Leftover Salmon Summer Part 2 Leftover Salmon continues with it's second part of summer dates this weekend at the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, CA. Performing 2 shows this weekend, a late nite, two set show on Friday (tech. […]
Birthplace of Country Music Brings Mountain Stage Back to Bristol /BCMA/ -- The Robert Cray Band, The Flatlanders, Robin and Linda Williams, Mike Seeger, and Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson are featured artists when Birthplace of Country Music Alliance brings Mou. […]
ICMC Charles K. Wolfe Memorial Panel Focuses On Bluegrass A History /ICMC/ -- Friday 28 May 2010 ICMC Charles K. Wolfe Memorial Panel will focus upon Bluegrass A History: Its History, Impact, and Future. The panel discussion will be in honor and celebration of the 25t. […]
Gary Ferguson Makes Fifth Tour of Ireland- July 2009 Bluegrass music artist Gary Ferguson (guitar, vocals) returns to Ireland in July for what is his fifth consecutive tour. Like last year Colin Henry will be his sideman playing dobro and guitar. The to. […]
