roots musicians

This weekend Lancaster kicked off its fifth annual Roots and Blues Festival. Sixty-seven artists on 11 different stages, from cities and towns all over the U.S. joined in. Advertisement. “We're a lot of blues, funk and soul. Pretty much all the roots,” musician Vanessa Collier said. The festival is an idea that's ...

Jefferson Hamer, an acoustic folk and electric roots musician, and Stephanie Coleman, a fiddler and banjo player, will provide music. Reservations, which are required, are due by March 12. West Kortright Centre membership is encouraged but not required, organizers said. For more information, visit ...

Roots musicians Keiran Kane and Rayna Gellert visited MTSU and WMOT's Wired In sessions to play songs from their new album The Ledges, a spare duo recording made by themselves last summer in a cabin in upstate New York. “If you like the show, you're going to love this record, because it's exactly ...

Singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Alex Ashley has promised an evening of original blues and Americana roots music when he and his band, The Resolve, perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at the Kay White Hall. Ashley is no stranger to Vashon. His family — grandparents on both sides, aunts and ...

A blues and roots musician from Houston who calls himself The Mighty Orq roared through a set with the unique instrument on the patio of Brazos Valley Brewery. If you were there for that show, you know what I mean. Neither I nor the rest of the spectators could believe the sounds that came out of a small ...

Performing will be two Grammy-nominated roots musicians: Tony Trischka, one of the country's preeminent banjo players, who has inspired a generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians; and guitarist Michael Daves, a noted booster of NYC's thriving bluegrass music community and in-demand teacher ...

Roots musicians Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore realized a couple years ago that, even though they've been friends for decades, they hadn't ever played together. They've set about correcting that with acoustic duo shows, including one at The Palms Playhouse (13 Main Street in Winters) on Saturday ...

They are American roots musicians, many of whom were “ignored in their communities for decades,” which prompted Mr. Duffy to step in and help. In 1994, he founded the Music Maker Relief Foundation, which helps them cover basic living expenses as well as promote and develop their careers.

Baugus produced his next CD Long Steel Rail with legendary American roots musician Tim O'Brien producing. He has collaborated on albums with a host of old-time, country, and roots musicians, including April Verch, the Lonesome Sisters, Dirk Powell, Willie Nelson, and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.