Tim o'brien News

Fort Collins, Colorado's own progressive bluegrass young guns Head for the Hills will take the stage at Humboldt Brews, Thursday July 24 at 9 p.m. From their press release: "This fiery act has been blazing ...

Many people who regularly attend the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in upstate New York plan their entire year around getting onsite early and pitching their tents - it's easy to see why.

The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival kicked off on Thursday on the 200-acre Walsh Farm near Oak Hill, NY.

Contemporary bluegrass pioneer Tim O'Brien wears many hats. Older fans may remember him as the lead singer of Hot Rize, the progressive bluegrass band that formed in 1976 and still tours occasionally today.

The long awaited new album from Carmel Sheerin & the Ravens is almost here. The band have decided to launch their second album in The Loft, Cooney's Hotel, Ballymahon, Co.

The enticing list of artists scheduled to perform during the 9th Annual Americana Music Festival & Conference continues to swell and generate an infectious buzz with newly announced red-letter additions: blues ...

Hello, loyal CMT blog readers. While last weekend half the world was at Bonnaroo , we were at the Georgia Mountain Roots Music Festival in Hiawassee, Ga.

The 35th annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival began this morning in Telluride, Colo., with scheduled performances by bluegrass musicians and acts like the Sam Bush Band, Jerry Douglas Band, Bela Fleck, Hot Rize, ...

Brilliant fiddle players Luke Bulla and Casey Driessen, both top-tier young guns in the bluegrass world, each bear an impressive resume stocked with time on stages with the genre's best.

THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS Although their 2007 CD Fork in the Road won them Album of the Year honors from the International Bluegrass Music Association and the title track earned Song of the Year honors, The ...

Modern day bluegrass patriarch Del McCoury adds a new dimension to his role as a musical leader on June 24, 2008 when his family owned McCoury Music label, distributed by powerhouse RED Distribution releases ...

Bluegrass pioneer Tim O'Brien and sister Mollie help celebrate Boulder radio station's birthday By Quentin Young BOULDER - When siblings Tim and Mollie O'Brien took the stage together for the first time, they ...

When I was 16, my summers were filled with lifeguarding at the local pool and listening to dreadful boy bands.

Lots of audiences are used to solo performers, but bluegrass enthusiasts? Not so much.

“It's laid back, no pressure. We feel it and the audience feels it: We're just there to have a great time with it all.”

STAUNTON - According to hosts Jimmy Fortune and Robin and Linda Williams, this year's Fortune Williams Music Festival will feature a diverse group of musicians, from established country music stars to ... via Staunton News Leader

“You feel it vibe and you reach for the cell/There's no one there, that's how you tell/You felt that phantom phone when it calls.”

May 12, 2008; Written by Eamon McLoughlin Tim O'Brien wants you to get into something -- anything really, just "dirty those hands and get stuck in," he tells me as he sips his first pint of the day. via CMT.com

“They looked like they were being milked.”

Bluegrass in the U.S. is barely a curiosity anymore, not since O Brother. Not so here in Germany. via CMT.com

Is there a better way to celebrate International Bluegrass Month than by getting really international? None that I can think of, which is one reason I'm happy to be winging my way across the Atlantic to spend ... via CMT.com

“Sam is going to surprise a lot of people”

The Sam Bush Band and CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band will headline the Iowa Arts Festival. via Press-Citizen

Thanks to Aran Sheehan for the news that Tim O'Brien will be performing at the Cherrytree, Walkinstown Cross, Dublin 12, on Friday 2 May at 9.00 p.m. Admission a 20 . via The Bluegrass Ireland Blog