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David Grisman is normally associated with the bluegrass wing of country music, but his music owes almost as much to jazz as it does to traditional American folk influences.

Education : The American Roots Music Program at the Berklee College of Music BMNN wrote: on Nov.

News : Artist Robert Yonke to Provide Artwork for Delfest 2010 BMNN wrote: on Nov.

My interview with Maria Muldaur lasted just one question. I simply asked "America's First Lady of Roots Music" why she decided to return to the jug band music that she played at the outset of her career 46 years ago.

There's a touch of the tropics on the title song of Hot Buttered Rum's new record, "Limbs Akimbo" a ' a reggae beat peeking from popping lyrics and a toe-tapping tempo.

After much anticipation, bluegrass patriarch Del McCoury and WAMU's Bluegrass Country's Katy Daley announced the initial lineup for the 3rd Annual DelFest live on air this morning.

MCCOURY MUSIC & HIGH SIERRA MUSIC ANNOUNCE INITIAL LINEUP FOR 3rd ANNUAL DELFEST at ALLEGANY COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, CUMBERLAND, MD Del McCoury Band After much anticipation, bluegrass patriarch Del McCoury and WAMU's Bluegrass Country's Katy Daley announced the initial lineup for the 3rd Annual DelFest live on air this morning.

Bill Evans and Megan Lynch headline a bluegrass fundraiser for the Landmark College Scholarship Fund on Tuesday, Oct.

IE: Is there still passionate debate about what does and doesn't constitute bluegrass ? David Grisman : I imagine so, in some circles at least.

The bluegrass that Bill Evans plays isn't your grandma's bluegrass. It isn't even your mama's blue-grass - it's Bill Evans' bluegrass, and that means it's a class unto its own.

By age 17, guitarist Julian Lage had recorded with bluegrass legend David Grisman and jazz vibraphone great Gary Burton, starred in an Oscar-nominated documentary , and performed at the Grammys.

John Sebastian and David Grisman, while recording their new CD of duets a oeSatisfied.a They teamed up for this project in 2007.

Forty-plus years since Maria's last performances with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Maria is bringing back the music that made her famous.

Members of the Moon Mountain Ramblers, a string band from Bend, describe their music as a melting pot of jazz, country, rock and a lot of bluegrass.

The zany 75-year-old mandolin player Frank Wakefield lives near Saratoga Springs these days, but in case you aren't aware, he is known for changing the course of the instrument.

The Brunettes play the Drunken Unicorn on Sept. 7. Generational shifts often cause people to forget music's true heroes.

David Grisman is normally associated with the bluegrass wing of country music, but his music owes almost as much to jazz as it does to traditional American folk influences.

The Montana Slim String Band is putting miles on its new-to-them motor home. The San Francisco a oenewgrassa band bought a 1978 Dodge Pace Arrow for its first national tour, which stops at the Aruba Hotel on Saturday.

The Montana Slim String Band is putting miles on its new-to-them motor home. The San Francisco a oenewgrassa band bought a 1978 Dodge Pace Arrow for its first national tour, which stops at the Aruba Hotel on Saturday.

With: Marty Stuart, John reischman and the Jaybirds, Sierra hull, Alecia Nugent, Dan Paisley and Southern Grass, Down to the Wood and others When: Friday to Sunday Where: homecoming Park Tickets: through ticketmaster or at the festival gate, $45 a day More info: www.blueberrybluegrass.comor 780-922-5527 As the Blueberry Bluegrass Festival heads ...