The 2014 Telluride Bluegrass Festival takes place Thursday, June 19 – Sunday, June 22. The following is the line-up. [caption id="attachment_39133" align="aligncenter" width="460"] David Rawlings& Gillian Welch[/caption] Final announcement includes these new additions: * Steve Winwood * Ray Lamontagne * David Rawlings Machine (this includes Gillian Welch, David Rawlings and...
[caption id="attachment_36569" align="alignright" width="300"] Banjo Flag, Telluride Bluegrass Festival[/caption] To celebrate the longest night of the year, the eve of the winter solstice, and the midpoint between Telluride Bluegrass festivals, Planet Bluegrass is proud to share the preliminary lineup for the 41st Telluride Bluegrass Festival (June...
[caption id="attachment_36569" align="alignright" width="300"] Banjo Flag, Telluride Bluegrass Festival[/caption] I know, I know- we're in the middle of the best ski season opener we've experienced in years, and here I am urging you to think ahead to next summer. OK, I get it, but I suggest...
[caption id="attachment_31874" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mountain Village's Sunset Plaza Firstgrass crowd, 6/19/2013[/caption] There was a good crowd at Mountain Village's Sunset Plaza Wednesday evening for Firstgrass, the opening shot of the 2013 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. An appreciative audience enjoyed the late day sun, entertained by Rosco Bandana,...
We can be a bit dismissive of young people's capabilities. We tell them there’s an order to things: first grade school, then college, a few jobs, then success, if you’re lucky. But time and time again, we’re proven wrong. Success can come early, very early,...
Years ago, a few friends got together at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and formed a band called the Steep Canyon Rangers. They weren’t music majors; nor did they have grand ambitions. But what started out as a college hobby has now morphed...
[caption id="attachment_31770" align="alignright" width="300"] YMSB, Jay Blakesberg[/caption] Telluride has its festivals. Nederland has Frozen Dead Guy Days. No kidding, the event is celebrated annually, Friday – Sunday the first full weekend of March. A centerpiece of Frozen Guy Days is a screening of the film "Grandpa's in...
Jump into the music of the Brooklyn-based band, Lake Street Dive, and you might be unsure where you’ve landed. The music is pop with jazz roots. Soul with funk and folk thrown in. In short, Lake Street Dive is an amalgam of sounds that gets...
[caption id="attachment_31634" align="alignleft" width="300"] Peter Rowan, 2010 TBFphoto by Clint Viebrock[/caption] He is a member of Telluride Bluegrass Festival's 30-something club, an elite fraternity that includes "The King," Sam Bush; dobro magician, Jerry Douglas; and Grammy winner Tim O' Brien: Telluride Bluegrass veteran Peter Rowan. Peter Rowan...
[caption id="attachment_31549" align="alignright" width="292"] Elephant Revival[/caption] Once upon a short time ago, in February 2011, a new band came to town to open for Leftover Salmon for a KOTOfm fundraiser. KOTO'S musical director, Suzanne Cheavens, described the new kids on the block as very "buzzy, "...
