bluegrass

A sold out crowd welcomed Greensky Bluegrass back to the Capital District for another round of energetic and psychedelic jamgrass from the standard bearers of the genre. Opening the show was Ghost Light, featuring local favorite Holly…

Photos by Steve Malinski The Capitol Theatre has had a lot of impressive shows in recent times: a Neil Young pop up show, multi-night runs with legendary rockers Ween, the opening night of a three-night-only touring run for the…

With musical seeds from Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music, where founding members Chris Pandolfi and Andy Hall attended and met, planted in the fertile soil of Nashville, TN, the The Infamous Stringdusters (Andy Falco , Chris…

There are two types of people in this world: those who like country and those who don’t. It can sound hokey, melancholy and just plain sad. There’s no denying that Megg Farrell & Friends have touches of those iconic country groups,…

The Hot Rize 40th Anniversary Bash album is a recording of Hot Rize’s live performance at the Boulder Theatre over the course of three sold out shows in January of this year. The album will include 19 tracks from these three sold out shows.…

Eastbound Throwdown returns to the Irwin Farm in Salem, NY, for the third straight year. The festival will be held Sept. 7 and 8. Greenwich-based band Eastbound Jesus hosts the festival along with help of Greg Bell of Guthrie/Bell…

Continuing to carry the torch of the pre-bluegrass brother duet, Del McCoury and David "Dawg" Grisman are teaming up once again in the city where it all began. On Saturday, March 3, Del and Dawg will take the stage at The Egg in Albany to…

Greensky Bluegrass returned to The Egg in Albany, NY on January 24 for their first East Coast show of 2018. The Michigan band was joined by Billy Strings, who opened the show with a selection from his 2017 album, Turmoil & Tinfoil. This…

North Country native Garret Woodward will give a reading and discuss his book "If You Can’t Play, Get Off the Stage" on Wednesday, December 27 at Champlain Meeting House in Champlain, NY, and on Thursday, December 28 at Nine Pin Cider, both…

Freight train string quartet, The Blind Owl Band of Saranac NY, is returning to Rochester, NY this weekend to host a spookily impressive Halloween Bash. Accompanied by local favorites, The Honey Smugglers and Folkfaces, The Blind Owl Band…