[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, "...
[caption id="attachment_31775" align="alignright" width="300"] Steve Martin & The Steep Creek Rangers[/caption] Planet Bluegrass is thrilled to announce that Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell will be closing the opening night of the 40th Telluride Bluegrass Festival on Thursday, June 20. Steve, Edie, and...
[caption id="attachment_31697" align="alignright" width="300"] The Milk Carton Kids[/caption] The Milk Carton Kids formed in 2011, a duo that consists of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan. While the most obvious musical reference is the classic folk revival sound of their twin acoustic guitars and close harmonies, the...
[caption id="attachment_31521" align="alignright" width="300"] Rosco Bandana[/caption] The Devil is clearly in the details. Jason Sanford is chief songwriter and vocalist for the Mississippi folk-rock septet Rosco Bandana. As a boy, he was taught that rock 'n roll was the Devil's music. When his group came together, he...
