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DAVE GIBSON
LYONS – “Three days of fun and music” described Woodstock in 1969 and describes Planet Bluegrass’ RockyGrass, now in its 53rd 12 months. Four thousand people turned out every day for the competition held July 25 via 27. There have been 21 bands within the lineup.
East Nash Grass is made up of achieved musicians steeped in conventional bluegrass. The band received the 2024 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award for Best New Artist of the Year. Maddie Denton is up for Best Fiddle Player of the Year in 2025. Their tune “Followin’ You” is Denton’s first single with the group and is receiving airplay.
“Well, there’s thirteen hundred and fifty-two guitar pickers in Nashville,” and Del McCoury is likely one of the most distinguished amongst them. Ageless and effervescent as ever, he and his two sons, Rob on banjo and Ronnie on mandolin, carried out Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Nashville Cats” to an enthusiastic viewers. McCoury’s signature white pompadour mirrored the coloured stage lights as he and his band reeled off one energetic quantity after one other.
Saturday introduced the critically acclaimed group Breabach all the best way from Scotland. Their title interprets from Gaelic to “stomp your feet.” A combination of Highland and island Gaelic influences, their contemporary-folk music makes use of devices together with the bagpipes, bouzouki, and whistle.
Calum MacCrimmon and Megan Henderson moved to the entrance of the stage for some step-dancing, which – true to the band’s title – impressed Old World foot-stomping within the viewers.
Sam Bush delivered as normal by closing out the day for the thirtieth or extra time in a row he’s been a headliner at RockyGrass.
With temperatures reaching 95 levels on Sunday, North Saint Vrain Creek bordering the competition grounds was the very best place to beat the warmth. Some sat within the creek, others waded, and scores of tubers floated by. Kids constructed rock cairns within the water or blasted passing tubers or themselves with squirt weapons. At one level folks stretched from financial institution to financial institution.
Rhonda Vincent is a fifth-generation musician who started performing gospel songs together with her household’s band on the age of 5. At eight years previous she began enjoying the mandolin and at 12, the fiddle. Nicknamed the “Queen of Bluegrass,” she has recorded with Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, Tanya Tucker, Faith Hill, and lots of extra notables within the music trade.
Vincent received the IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year an unprecedented seven consecutive occasions between 2000 and 2006. In 2017 she and her band The Rage took first place for Best Bluegrass Album. She was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2020.
With credentials as spectacular as hers, it was no marvel that she grabbed a agency maintain of the viewers and didn’t let go till the tip. The tightknit band’s efficiency and Vincent’s vocals throughout their model of “City of New Orleans” was a spotlight.
On his white horse, Mescalito, Peter Rowan breezed into city. “Panama Red” was written by Rowan in 1973 and was included in his legendary collaboration with Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Vassar Clements, and John Kahn on the Old and in the Way album.
Grammy award-winner Rowan appeared with the Sam Grisman Project. Although he would have cherished to be there, mandolin famous person David Grisman is not touring and Sam is carrying on his father’s legacy by enjoying a few of his songs at concert events. Virtuoso banjoist Bela Fleck and others sat in.
To the achievement of festivalgoers, numbers from Old and in the Way have been on the playlist. “Panama Red,” “The Hobo Song,” Midnight Moonlight,” and the title tune “Old and in the Way” have been included.
“Old and in the way, that’s what I heard them say / They used to heed the words he said, but that was yesterday / Gold will turn to gray and youth will fade away / They’ll never care about you, call you old and in the way.”
Tickets for RockyGrass 2026 go on sale in December. The well-liked occasion sells out months prematurely so it is suggested you buy them early.
For extra details about RockyGrass, go to www.bluegrass.com.
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