As regular readers of these columns know, I really like chatting with new-to-me artists and when one comes along that’s Maine-based, well, that’s just icing on the cake. Such is the case with this ...
As a teenager, Sam Bush was a three-time national champion fiddler. In his 20s, he was a founding member of the rule-breaking New Grass Revival, a virtuoso ensemble that revolutionised the bluegrass ...
HILLSBORO -- Two dozen musicians sit in semicircle rows on the hardwood stage, fine-tuning their instruments and organizing the sheet music on the stands before them. At the center, a compact, ...
The billing for the music on top of Aspen Mountain this Sunday reads, “Bluegrass Sundays, Matt Flinner.” Which at best, doesn’t tell you much, and at worse is flat-out wrong. In fairness, though, ...
A mandolin player from Assam took William Shakespeare seriously and decided to play on...for 24 hours without a break. Kuntal Raj Chakraborty performs at New Brindaban Garden in Guwahati on Monday.
SANTA CRUZ — For a form of music known for taking numerous twists and turns over the course of a single song, it should come as no surprise when jam bands go off in unexpected directions. That was the ...