Just a kickin' up their heels and sawin' on strings: Bluegrass fest starts Thursday (The Bakersfield Californian)

SuperGrass, that bluegrass bonanza of years past at the former Holiday Inn Select, is just a memory, but that doesn't stop the nostalgic from reuniting each year to pick away. The festival is back in a shrunken form this weekend at the DoubleTree Hotel. The fun kicks off Thursday with "A Night of Bluegrass," a dinner and show benefiting the Kern County Sheriff's Activities League and presented ...

One Young Band Among Some Older Sounds (New York Times)

On this week?s playlist, releases by A Filial, Jim McAuley, Louis Moholo-Moholo and Miles Davis.

Janice Ann's Journal: Watkins to attend youth inaugural conference (The Lufkin Daily News)

Ruth Watkins attended the National Young Leaders State conference in October 2007 after receiving a recommendation from one of her middle school teachers. The conference was in Dallas and sponsored by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council (1700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 400, Washington D.C., 20006). ecause she is now an alumni of that conference, Ruth received an invitation to the ...

Jim Hall / Bill Frisell | Hemispheres (All About Jazz)

Hemispheres is a wonderful collaboration between two esteemed veteran guitarists, Jim Hall and Bill Frisell . Though each has travelled different yet celebrated paths, this is their first full length (double CD) release together.

Today: H -10 /L -16 (Guelph Mercury)

Mike Feuerstack is an MVP of the Montreal scene, and yet for whatever reason can't seem to catch a break with his solo material, which he's been recording for 15 years under the name Snailhouse.

Flint Zeigler: Former Grantham Road frontman hits Acoustic stage. (Johnson City Press)

Pennsylvania native and singer/songwriter Flint Zeigler will bring his brand of Americana roots music to the Acoustic Coffeehouse stage at 415 W. Walnut St. tonight.