WATCH: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on ‘Bluegrass Underground’

PBS has launched their ninth season of Bluegrass Underground, a television series of roots music concerts from the cavernous heart of middle Tennessee. Since the show’s launch, dozens of famous acts in bluegrass, blues, Americana, and country music have graced the stage. Now filmed at The Caverns, an awe-inspiring cave venue in Pelham, Tennessee, the upcoming season will feature acts like Keb’ Mo’, Steve Earle, the Brothers Osborne, Josh Ritter, the Devil Makes Three, and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, whose performance was the season opener. Watch as this timeless country band commands the cave on Bluegrass Underground.


Photo credit: Glen Rose

WATCH: Trapper Schoepp, ‘Dream’

Artist: Trapper Schoepp
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
Song: "Dream"
Album: Rangers & Valentines
Label: Xtra Mile Recordings

In Their Words: "Some 450 million years ago, a meteor the size of a football field crashed into Rock Elm, Wisconsin, whereabouts we filmed our music video for 'Dream.' At the impact site, you won't find a crater to climb into, but an unusual overhanging rock formation called Blue Rock.

In the video, I explore these ancient etchings, go underground in Crystal Cave, and run around forests with a busted up Hummingbird guitar. These woods are filled with a strange aura of mystery, which felt right for a song about two mythical mentors of mine who suddenly left this world but still feel very present. A few weeks ago, tornadoes wrecked havoc on this same area​,​ uprooting many of these trees and bridges. Nature has a strange way of giving and taking." — Trapper Schoepp


Photo credit: Erik Nelson