Bluegrass band Trampled by Turtles was originally formed as a side
project so the original four members could take a break from their Rock
bands, but the exercise was comfortable and rewarding enough to warrant giving
up Rock and moving full-time to Bluegrass.
The Midwestern Thing
Cincinnati’s finest Americana ensemble, Magnolia Mountain, releases 'Town and Country'
0 Comments · Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Thanks at least partially to our proximity
to Appalachia, Greater Cincinnati has long had one of the finest
Roots/Americana music scenes in the region. And the finest band from
that impressive batch of artists right now is Magnolia Mountain, the
band formed by Rock veteran and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist
Mark Utley about five years ago.
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
April 20 • Millett Hall (Oxford)
0 Comments · Friday, April 13, 2012
One need not be a fan of
Bluegrass to enjoy the music of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. They make music
for anyone who squirms giddily at the symphony or geeks out over complicated
arrangements and often ignored time signatures. The Flecktones are now touring in support of their
newest album, Life in Eleven, the first album to be recorded by the
original lineup since the ’90s.
Alison Krauss & Union Station
March 30 • Taft Theatre
0 Comments · Monday, March 26, 2012
Bluegrass’s
sweetheart Alison Krauss and her band of pickin’, strumming and bowing
minstrels, Union Station, return this week to the Taft Theater. Krauss has been
on the music scene for more than 25 years. She drew a flurry of attention when
she was featured on the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? and
again when she released an album of duets with Robert Plant. Krauss is more
than just a pretty face and enchanting voice. She’s also a champion fiddle
player.
by Deirdre Kaye
01.25.2012
Bluegrass Fans Rise Up for Appalachian Uprising
Growing Ohio Bluegrass festival sets 2012 dates, initial lineup
Not that long ago in an Ohio town called Scottown (or maybe “East Egypt”) there was a farm called Eden Valley. It was decided that on the rolling hills of that farm a stage should be built and upon that stage an endless stream of Bluegrass bands should play. Friends and neighbors were invited to come watch, sing and camp. The bands came, too, and they brought their fans. Soon the farm was filled with both strange and familiar faces. It became one big banjo pickin’, jig dancin’, bonfire buildin’ party. An uprising occurred, an Appalachian uprising, and it was decided that it should happen again next year … and the year after that and the year after that.The Appalachian Uprising music festival — which claims to be the “fastest growing Bluegrass music festival in North America” — is simply a must-attend event for any serious Bluegrass fan. Make plans now — tickets are already onsale for APPYUP 2012, which runs May 31-June 2. (Click here for details.)
Jerry Douglas with The Tillers and Moonshine Drive
Sunday • Southgate House
0 Comments · Wednesday, January 14, 2009
How do you explain the amazing success of dobroist Jerry Douglas? Perhaps a unique ability to compartmentalize or maybe a touch of creative schizophrenia. Whatever it is, Douglas has it by the metric ton.
Sam Bush With Tanner Hill
Friday • Madison Theater
0 Comments · Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Sam Bush began his career early, picking up the mandolin at 11 and winning the junior division of the National Oldtime Fiddler's Contest three times as a teenager. He eventually became famous as the lead of New Grass Revival in the early 1970s.
