Watch Out For This Guy (Sounding Board) Bela Fleck , Making a Unique Impression on the Music World Photo Credit His name is Ben Sollee and he is a remarkable cellist of The Sparrow Quartet. His solo album, Learning to Bend, was just released, and it is full of crisp vocals and and clear, rich acoustics that will captivate you. Not a lot of music will bring tears to my eyes, but his rendition of Sam Cooke's ?A Change is Gonna Come? and ?Panning for Gold? nearly did just that. I definitely had goosebumps all over. Abigail Washburn and The Spar.

Ninth Annual moe.down The Ninth Annual moe.down will be held August 29, 30 and 31 at the Snow Ridge Ski area in Turin, NY. moe.down has become known as Upstate NY's most musically diverse festival. moe. will perform a total of six sets throughout the weekend. A limited number of tickets are available at $105 until they are sold out or until August 5th. Visit moe/moedown for up-to-the-minute information and to purchase tickets. moe. the line-up: moe The Levon Helm Band Yonder Mountain String Band. Tickets.

DMB?s Moore remains in hospital, will miss rest of tour July 8, 12:35am update: Bela Fleck saxophonist Jeff Coffin has announced on his website that he will fill in for LeRoi Moore for the rest of Dave Matthews Band's North American tour this summer. A week after an accident with an all-terrain vehicle left him in serious condition, Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore remains at UVA hospital, where he is in fair condition, according to a band spokesperson.Nothing has changed sinc.e the last statement on the website? says DMB publicist. Bloomington.

On Stage 7/13 - Dr. Arvin Scott From a humble beginning having built his first drums using discarded packing boxes at the age of 12, Dr. Arvin Scott grew to become an award-wining, multi-instrumentalist, composer, motivational, youth program founder/director, and university professor with a track record that spans nearly 40 years. His specialties including African, Caribbean, Brazilian, Classic Jazz, Nu Jazz.&.B are foundations for his eclectic ?Nu Jazz World Beat? compositions. Selected performance highlights inclu. Ticket.

Levon Helm added to moe.down festival The Levon Helm Band, Yonder Mountain String Band and Fishbone have been added to the line-up for the ninth Annual moe.down festival, founded by leading jam band moe. set for August 29-31 at the Snow Ridge Ski area in Turin, NY. Other bands also joining moe. will be Sparrow Quartet featuring Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck, The Presidents of the United States of America, Benevento-Russo Duo, Cornmeal, American Babies, U-Melt, The Macpodz, The Bridge, Lynch, The PMG, Swampadelica, and The Brew. Bela Fleck at Bloomington.

Elmer Snowden: Making a Banjo Swing Elmer Snowden Quartet: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) and Twelfth Street Rag from Harlem Bango on Riverside Records (1960). I had the good fortune of visiting with my best friend recently and we spent a lot of time talking and sharing music. He is cultivating a nice collection of old style bluegrass and early country music while he endeavors to learn the banjo. While a lot of this music left me kind of cold.".where are the drums.".i ask.turns out bluegrass doesn't. Bela Fleck tickets.

Moe. are getting down with their own festival Bloomington ticket broker, Aside from creating some very jam-friendly music, the boys behind moe. are also begining to earn recognition for their festival organizing skills. After playing hosts for Summer Camp earlier in the year, the Buffalo, New York natives are gearing up for another shindig, though this time it will be much closer to home. The ninth edition of moe. down, scheduled to go down between August 29 and 31 in Turin, New York, will once again see a number of fellow musicians join moe. for three days of musi.

Happy return from the 4th! ticket brokers, Happy retu.rn from the 4th! 7 July 2008, matt @ 12:49 am Jul 07 I really needed a vacation, and the 4th of July came just in time. For Kim's birthday, I decided to take her for a short vacation to Snowshoe Mountain, a ski resort in West Virginia. The resort was hosting a bluegrass festival, and frankly, I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate American independence than by going to a place as independent as West Virginia and listening to something as American as bluegrass music. My frie.

The Poor Souls - 313.JAC - Thur July 17th &.over welcome ? 10 p.m. doors ? $5 cover unless noted Chris Bathgate, folk rock troubadour (Quite Scientific - Ann Arbor, MI) will headline the night, and will be joined by The Poor Souls, lead by frontman Jon Rajewski (New Model Records - Los Angeles, CA), Jeremiah.tickets.

Americana, Part 2 tickets,  07/06/2008 06:23:26  ? written by vu () Harry Chapin - The Mayor of Candor Lied Harry Chapin Harry Chapin - Dreams Go By Harry Chapin Get ready for another collection of Americana/Folk music. Where we last left off, I was talking about .".The Boss.". With this entry, I thought I'd talk about one of my favorite American folk/protest singer: Harry Chapin. I discovered him in the 7th grade, while driving in the passenger seat with Mr Schemling to Yosemite National.