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Folk music figure Doc Watson dies

  • 8:30 PM May 29
  • Source: Variety

Doc Watson, the blind virtuoso guitarist, folk music icon and the winner of seven Grammys, died Tuesday in Winston-Salem, N.C. He was 89 and had colon surgery last week and had also recently suffered a fall. Read More

Durham, NC (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 Vince Gill and his A-team acoustic band will rock the stage with a bluegrass show, Sunday, June 24 at Durham Performing Arts Center in Durham, NC. Read More

Isobel Campbell is our first non-American to enter the list. Read More

Boston, MA (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 The Boston Globe and WGBH have teamed up to create the inaugural Summer Arts Weekend in Boston. Read More

Steep Canyon Rangers have always been a much-loved bluegrass band, but this past year has taken it to new heights. Read More

The Del McCoury Band headlines Del Yeah! Read More

Vince Gill and an all-star band will take to the road for a dozen bluegrass shows in June. Joining him will be fiddler Stuart Duncan , guitarist Jeff White , banjoist Jim Mills and bassist Dennis Crouch. Read More

Actor, comedian and banjo player Ed Helms is prepping his first bluegrass album, which he'll record with his band Ed Helms & the Lonesome Trio, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Read More

Going to the Stagecoach Festival in the California desert can sometimes feel like attending the world's biggest TV party since most of the 55,000 fans end up plopping their lawn chairs football fields away from the main stage and watching the headliners on giant monitors. Read More

Going to the Stagecoach Festival in the California desert can sometimes feel like attending the world's biggest TV party since most of the 55,000 fans end up plopping their lawn chairs football fields away from the main stage and watching the headliners on giant monitors. Read More

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Among the most distinguished practitioners of traditional bluegrass, Del McCoury was the epitome of the "high lonesome sound"... Read the full Del McCoury bio.