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Bluegrass Music’s Big Tent

Liz Ferrell
by Liz Ferrell078
In its first two weeks, the 2026 season of Bluegrass Nights at the Ryman managed to hit the far corners of the big, inclusive tent that covers bluegrass music.   Week 1: Dailey & Vincent   The season kicked off on June 16 with multiple award-winning bluegrass and country duo......
LIVE MUSIC REVIEW

Steep Canyon Rangers with Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Orchestra

Nancy Posey
by Nancy Posey0355
Telling a table of Gen Z and Millennials that I was going to see Steep Canyon Rangers at the Schermerhorn yesterday, I had to clarify just whom I was going to see. They, after all, had tickets for Bruno Mars’ stadium show that night—the explanation for the even-more-than-usual Downtown Nashville......
DONT MISS SHOWS

Shelton & Williams Return to Station Inn April 30.

Nancy Posey
by Nancy Posey0453
Jeanette and Johnny Williams and Jay Shelton, performing as the bluegrass trio Shelton & Williams of Danville, Virginia, will return to Nashville’s Station Inn on Thursday, April 30, at 9 PM. With more than thirty years of touring and performing, Jeanette and Johnny have played and recorded with many of......
DONT MISS SHOWS

Mike Mitchell Band @ Station Inn on April 16

Nancy Posey
by Nancy Posey0534
Virginia fiddler and vocalist Mike Mitchell will appear with the Mike Mitchell Band at Nashville’s historic Station Inn on Thursday, April 16, at 9 pm. The band will be playing from their upcoming album Love Songs, Torch & Bluegrass, to be released May 8 on Mountain Fever Records. Mitchell, who......
LIVE MUSIC REVIEW

Shawn Camp Returns to Nashville’s Station Inn

Nancy Posey
by Nancy Posey0483
There is a certain symmetry to Shawn Camp playing Nashville’s historic Station Inn, where he recorded a live album in 2004. Some of the tracks from that album made the set list this week as well—”Travelin’ Teardrop Blues” and “My Love Will Not Change,” as well as three also included......
INTERVIEWS Uncategorized

CMHOF&M Nashville Cats Program Honors Jerry Douglas

Liz Ferrell
by Liz Ferrell0782
Jerry Douglas has long been one of Nashville’s most innovative and revered musicians. Driven by his love for the resonator guitar and a steely determination to master it and make it do the unexpected, Douglas has, over a career spanning over 50 years and counting, taken the dobro to musical......
FESTIVALS

Scruggs Fest Announces 2026 Line-up

Nancy Posey
by Nancy Posey01117
While addressing the 2026 Leadership Bluegrass class at Nashville’s CMA offices on T Tuesday, Claire Armbruster of Planning Stages Inc. alerted the participants of the pending announcement of the lineup for the Earl Scruggs Music Festival, to be held Labor Day Weekend (September 4–6) at the Tryon International Equestrian Center......
LIVE MUSIC REVIEW

Leftover Salmon with Jason Carter @ Nashville’s Basement East

Nancy Posey
by Nancy Posey01232
What happened at the Basement East on Thursday night, May 8, may not be unique in Nashville. Local music lovers may be spoiled: we go to a show to see one band and then—voila! Look who else shows up to perform! Leftover Salmon’s Let’s Party about It album release was......
ALBUM REVIEWS

Pitney Meyer Embraces Bluegrass Tradition with Release of ‘Cherokee Pioneer’

Nancy Posey
by Nancy Posey01987
When Mo Pitney and John Meyer set out to record Cherokee Pioneer, their first full-length album as Pitney Meyer, they established themselves firmly within the bluegrass realm. From the opening track, “Banjo Picker (in a Bluegrass Band),” they bring together the lyrical imagery and the traditional instrumentation associated with the......