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This Fort Worth Music Festival Has a Niche Mission but Expansive SoundsA small, enthusiastic audience of first arrivals chat in excited, hushed tones as they listen to Hubby Jenkins soundcheck into a pair of Ear Trumpet Labs microphones in the ballroom at Fort Worth, Texas’s Southside Preservation Hall. It’s an unseasonably cool Saturday afternoon in March, with crystal blue skies and…
The BGS at SXSW: Brooklyn Country Cantina 2018Two weeks ago, BGS once again teamed up as media partner of the Brooklyn Country Cantina as it celebrated its 10th year at SXSW, expanding into the Eastside Doublewide double showcase. In conjunction with Hank & Ed Management, the day featured more than 25 Americana, bluegrass, and rock 'n' roll bands on three alternating…
RECAP: The BGS at Bonnaroo 2017River Whyless stepped onto the stage at That Tent while the temperature was still bearable, the dust was still minimal, and the sky was bright blue -- that signature Tennessee summer haze would come later. Their fiddle and harmonium wafted out over Centeroo like a roots music call to prayer.…
RECAP: The Brooklyn Country Cantina at SXSW 2017
It's a party to come to for the breakfast tacos and stay at 'til last call, all the while enjoying a full day of some of the best American roots music this country has to offer.
DispatchesOct 6, 2015
The gargantuan, sand-colored Bluegrass Situation banner that formed the backdrop for Saturday’s Greek Theater main stage performances has flown in Tennessee at three Bonnaroo super-jams, but until this weekend, it had never been hoisted in the BGS's home town of Los By God Angeles.In other hands, very large logos can be obnoxious, as we know.…
DispatchesSep 21, 2015
The Americana Music Festival & Conference is, as its name would imply, a festival, but it's also something of a family reunion. For music industry folks, journalists, and especially, artists, the annual Nashville festival can serve as one of the only times of year the gang is all together, and as such is one of the…
DispatchesJun 11, 2013
BY ARTHUR HANCOCK Rarely do we find ourselves in a situation in life when we are without responsibility, without plans; just straight up raw bones on the road. I have been lucky to have spent the last few months bumming rides, surfing couches, and playing bluegrass music from coast to coast, wandering from weddings to…
DispatchesJun 10, 2013
Photo by Rachel Fox It is difficult even to discuss Punch Brothers. Best attempts at classifying the band by genre result in multi-hyphenated neologisms. Try hyperbolically overstating their proficiency, merely for effect, and you'll still come up short. They've quite literally outgrown their instruments' traditional sonic capacities, and often resort to banging around on all…
DispatchesJun 10, 2013
Ahhhhh…summer in the Northeast. The amazing weather and music during these three months are what keep us here. With Central Park Summer Stage and Celebrate Brooklyn in full force, and the Newport Folk Festival less than two weeks away, it’s really hard to stay focused at work. I’m just always afraid I’m going to miss…
