(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – With a lineup including Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Alison Brown, Infamous Stringdusters, Leftover Salmon and Edgar Meyer and Mike Marshall, MASS MoCA’s third annual FreshGrass Festival – which takes place this year the weekend of September 20-22, 2013 — solidly establishes for itself a place in the…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Building on the success of last year’s first foray into bluegrass, MASS MoCA has announced the dates, line-up, and discounted early-bird pass price for the second annual FreshGrass Festival, which will be held September 21-23, 2012, and will be headlined by David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, Trampled By Turtles, and Carolina Chocolate…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – New York City-born singer/songwriter and instrumental arranger Emily Mure performs at Mission Bar + Tapas on Friday, February 24, 2012, at 9 p.m., as part of the 10×10 on North Festival in downtown Pittsfield. Mure’s original songs in the Americana style are strongly influenced by Irish fiddle tunes, bluegrass, and country music,…
(BOSTON, February 21, 2012) – The Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight is currently voting on passing a bill that will make Steve Martin’s new song, “Me and Paul Revere,” the Commonwealth’s official Revolutionary War song. Martin’s music video for the song premiered today on RollingStone.com. Filmed in an industrial loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile, from the Punch Brothers, and Nickel Creek guitarist Michael Daves perform a concert of bluegrass standards played with punk-rock abandon at Club Helsinki Hudson on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at 8 p.m. Last year, the vocal-instrumental duo released Sleep with One Eye Open, an impassioned collaboration and conversation…
PROGRESSIVE BLUEGRASS by THE GREENCARDS and GRAM PARSONS TRIBUTE at CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON Austin-by-way-of-Nashville progressive bluegrass outfit the Greencards, Grammy Award nominees noted for touring with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, perform at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, November 4, 2011, at 9 pm. The evening before, Helsinki presents Twenty Thousand Roads, a tribute to…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Austin-by-way-of-Nashville progressive bluegrass outfit the Greencards, Grammy Award nominees noted for touring with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, perform at Club Helsinki on Friday, November 4, 2011, at 9 pm. The evening before, Helsinki presents Twenty Thousand Roads, a tribute to Americana pioneer Gram Parsons and celebration of what would be his…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Bluegrass legend Del McCoury and progressive bluegrass/jam-band Yonder Mountain String Band headline FreshGrass: A Festival of Bluegrass + Art, MASS MoCA’s first-ever bluegrass festival, on Saturday, September 24, 2011, from 6 to 11 p.m. and Sunday, September 25 from 11 to 6 in MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center and Courtyard C. FreshGrass…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Boston-based string band Joy Kills Sorrow returns to Helsinki Hudson on Friday, September 9, 2011, at 9 p.m., with its bold new brand of acoustic music that combines tradition and innovation. Joy Kills Sorrow brings a decidedly modern sensibility to an old-world sound, channeling the prodigious talents of its individual members into…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) — The Clark’s outdoor summer band concert series begins on Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at 6 with the acclaimed family bluegrass band the Doerfels, who performed at The Clark in 2009 to a packed audience and rave reviews. One of today’s most exciting and unique groups, The Doerfels perform lively progressive acoustic music…
