Monthly Archives: August 2010

Aug 31, 2010 This Labor Day Weekend the 39th Annual Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival will be held at the Salem County Fairgrounds in Salem, New Jersey. This is the 20th year the festival will be held on the rolling farmland … Continue reading →

Loving Bluegrass Music and Lyrics People have always enjoyed music, for several different reasons: to relax, have fun, communicate. The reason isn’t that important as long as the music is good and attracts listeners. The ones that listen to music … Continue reading →

Sunday, September 19, 2010 Lyons Community Park Lyons, PA (August 20, 2010) – The Lyons Park & Recreational Department presents the 27th Annual Lyons Fiddle Festival on Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 9am to 5pm at Lyons Community Park. A … Continue reading →

via nj.com According to Goldstein, bluegrass music, which was brought to the country when British, Scottish and Irish settlers moved to the mountainous regions of the south, uses instruments such as the guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, bass and occasionally a … Continue reading →

Pandora now offers bluegrass genre  posted by John Lawless on 08.26.10 @ 9:02 am Tags: Bluegrass Radio Pandora has launched a new wrinkle for its personalized online radio service. Listeners can now build a stream based on more than 100 “micro-genres,” … Continue reading →

Top bluegrass bands will descend on Lodi this week for the 13th annual Pickin’ in the Pasture extravaganza, which will be held today through Sunday. The event draws top traditional bluegrass talent and plenty of campers, and features activities for … Continue reading →

Welcome to Music at the Mission We are proud to present the finest in live music here in the beautiful highlands of West Milford, NJ. We are a non-profit, all volunteer run organization. We’ve presented an impressive list of performing … Continue reading →

By JIM FUSILLI New York Last year, Ricky Skaggs issued “Solo (Songs My Dad Loved),” a bluegrass album on which he played every instrument and sang all the parts. A year before that, he released “Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass.” … Continue reading →

McReynolds to release Grateful Dead tribute CD  posted by John Lawless on 08.24.10 @ 11:54 am Tags: Jerry Garcia, Jesse McReynolds, mandolin Jesse McReynolds is set to release a Grateful Dead tribute album. Yes…  you read that right. Grand Ole Opry … Continue reading →

Meet Jesse McReynolds, Iron Man Of Bluegrass BY BRENDAN SKWIRE When I tell people I’ve never been to the Philly Folk Festival and never plan to, I invariably hear “but you’re a bluegrass fan, and there’s always at least one … Continue reading →