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Sam Bush Band, Leftover Salmon, Del McCoury Band and Yonder Mountain String Band are among the acts scheduled to appear at the 37th Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

There's a dilapidated country barn pictured on the front cover of Jerry Christmas , with a field of barren trees gracing the back.

Jerry Douglas is widely renowned as perhaps the finest dobro player in contemporary acoustic music.

TORI AMOS, "Midwinter Graces" She's a highly idiosyncratic artist - like an earth mother on magic mushrooms - so we're not surprised that Amos calls her 12-song set a solstice album.

Jed Gottlieb writes about music, film and pop culture for local, regional and national publications.

Sam Bush stands center stage at Nashville's most elegant concert hall, the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, leading the biggest band of his life.

Twenty years after Tony Rice called on resophonic guitar virtuoso Jerry Douglas and friends to record Gordon Lightfoot's "Shadows" with him, bluegrass heartthrob Alison Krauss decided to record this magnificent song as well.

End-of-the-year tours offer unique opportunities to see familiar faces in new and interesting settings.

Five eclectic musical acts will share the stage at the Culture Center Theater at 7 p.m. on Sunday during the Mountain Stage Radio Show.

A A By GREG HAYMES A A Special to the Times Union A A ALBANY - Long tall Texan Lyle Lovett has had quite a varied bunch of bandmates in his Large Band over the years.

If there was a "Derek Trucks Energy Drink" that could help aspiring guitarists to attain his level of success, it would be an instant best-seller. For Trucks, the thrill of being "on the cover of the Rolling Stone" is just one feather in a cap heavy with accomplishments and accolades.

UKBluegrass.com announces: There will be plenty of musicians from the world of bluegrass and old-time at next yeara s Celtic Connections in Scotland.

Any Bluegrass fans out there? Merlefest has announced its 2010 line-up , featuring classic Bluegrass and "Traditional-plus" music from the likes of Doc Watson, Jerry Douglas, the recently 'Bluegrassified' Elvis Costello, and a number of other heavy-hitters in the broader Bluegrass realm.

BMNN wrote: on Oct. 10, 2009: For the first time, all three releases from bluegrass composer, banjoist and guitarist Tom Hanway are available digitally via Digital Revolution Entertainment at most online music stores including iTunes and Amazon.

New Release : Sam Bush Will Be Making Circles October 20th BMNN wrote: on Oct. 07, 2009: Circles Around Me , Bush's eighth solo album and sixth with Sugar Hill, will be released Oct.

Rounder recording artist Sierra Hull, the 17-year old mandolin phenom who the Raleigh News & Observer has called "...a triple threat," is on tour throughout the US performing in support of her critically-acclaimed album, Secrets.

Sep 13th 2009 at 9:01AM The listing for Bernie Madoff's Palm Beach, Florida home is up.

By ROBERT PHILPOT GRAND PRAIRIE - Whenever pop artists mess with their signature sound in concert, they're taking a risk of chasing people to the beer stand or, worse, chasing them out well before the show ends, disappointed and upset that they'd just blown some major bucks.But Elvis Costello fans should expect risk by now: He has spent a good ...

The 12th Annual Rhythm & Roots Festival brings a panoply of American-roots-based acts to three stages in the middle of Ninigret Park in Charlestown Friday night through Sunday, and it's one of the best parties Rhode Island throws all year.