Kathy Mattea tours the UK this month to promote her new album Coal.
Although primarily a country artist, Kathy has turned to Appalachian music for this latest project which features the likes of Stuart Duncan, Marty Stuart, Tim O’Brien and Byron House.
Raised in the mining region of Charleston, West Virginia, Kathy says Coal is a collection [...]
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Kathy brings Coal to Britain
January 16th, 2009
US bands in New Year visit
December 1st, 2008
Several American bands will be touring the UK in January.
Special Consensus (pictured), a top-notch bluegrass act who tour the UK on a regular basis, will be back to play several dates across the country, plus a few in Ireland. They’ll also be hosting workshops and performing at the East Anglian Bluegrass Day on January 24th.
Missouri [...]
Bluegrass at Celtic Connections
November 19th, 2008
Celtic Connections takes place in Glasgow in January, and as usual will feature a host of bluegrass and old-time performers.
Artists booked to appear at the 2009 event include The Cherryholmes, Bela Fleck, Special Consensus, Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet, Leon Hunt, Crooked Still, The Wilders and more.
The festival is famous for hosting Transatlantic Sessions [...]
Cherryholmes visit UK
July 23rd, 2008
The Cherryholmes embark on a short tour of the UK next week which will include gigs in Gateshead, Maidstone, Pontypridd and London plus an appearance at the Cambridge Folk Festival.
The Nashville-based family band are sure to put on a spectacular show which, according to their website, may include “twin fiddles, Irish step dancing, classic country [...]
Cherryholmes summer tour
May 17th, 2008
The Cherryholmes have announced dates for a summer tour of England and Wales to coincide with their appearance at the Cambridge Folk Festival.
The family band play high-energy bluegrass and are one of the most popular acts on the US scene. The short tour in July will take them to London, Gateshead, Pontypridd and Maidstone. For [...]
Ricky Skaggs CD and gigs
April 2nd, 2008
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder have released a CD featuring songs from the legendary 1946-47 era of Bill Monroe’s career.
The CD, Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass-Tribute to 1946 and 1947, features twelve tracks that were originally recorded by the Bluegrass Boys line-up of Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise, and Howard Watts. The [...]
Bluegrass on the BBC
February 15th, 2008
There are several opportunities to hear banjos and bluegrass on the BBC this weekend.
On Saturday (16th Feb), Mark Lamarr will be presenting a Radio 2 documentary entitled Redneck Music. Lamarr travels across America to discover more about the music “of the hillbilly, the banjo and the moonshine still” and finds that despite its frequent bad [...]
Rhonda Vincent and The Rage
January 27th, 2008
With bluegrass in her roots, Vincent made a name for herself as a country star in the ’90s, before her move to Rounder Records which saw a bluegrass re-invention backed by The Rage, a band which features star names like Bryan Sutton, Stuart Duncan and Ron Stewart. Her albums usually feature a host of other [...]
Bluegrass at Celtic Connections
January 7th, 2008
Celtic Connections takes place between January 17th and February 3rd at various venues in Glasgow and will feature many famous names from bluegrass.
The festival of roots music includes a début UK performance for Chris Thile’s Punch Brothers, who will also play a gig at London’s Bush Hall on January 24th. Other bluegrassers on the bill [...]
