Frank Vignola’s stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world’s top musicians, including Ringo Starr, Madonna, Boston Pops, New York Pops, and guitar legend Les Paul, who named Vignola to his “Five Most Admired Guitarists List.” At 28, Vinny Raniolo has already proved to be among the elite having performed and recorded with Bucky Pizzareli, Tommy Emmanuel and David Grisman. Frank and Vinny will be joined by Bassist Gary Mazzaroppi for this special performance.

The Contribution is pleased to release tracks from their upcoming LoHi Records album, Wilderness And Space, one song at a time over the course of seven months, with full proceeds of each single going to a different non-profit. The full ten-song album will be released on vinyl this Fall.

With all the snow falling up in the Sierra this winter, let’s get up there and take it all in! We are very pleased to announce the return of Fire on the Mountain, a vertical challenge ski race, on March 31, 2017 at the prestigious Squaw Valley Resort. The race brings skiers together to compete on mandatory runs to accumulate the top score of vertical feet skied.

Rural Rhythm Records is proud to announce that “Kentucky Blue” by multi hit songwriter, Billy Droze has reached #1 on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart. Droze and co-producer Ronnie Bowman are working on his debut album for Rural Rhythm containing the #1 single which is scheduled for release early Summer.

This song has been stuck in my head from the moment I heard it. It’s so good, even my sub consciousness keeps hitting replay.” Terry Herd, Bluegrass Radio Network, Bluegrass Today

Today, Electric Forest (EF) announced over 95 additional artists to its lineup for the seventh annual music and camping festival in Rothbury, Michigan. For the first time ever, the beloved forest festival will expand to two distinct weekends in 2017, from June 22–June 25 and June 29–July 2, 2017.

The Brothers Comatose are one of the most exciting bluegrass outfits to emerge in the past decade, and I await each of their stellar releases with bated breath. I first encountered the band at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2015, where I stumbled across the latter portion of their set, the sound of the dueling fiddle and banjo drawing me in from across the sun-soaked fields of Golden Gate Park.

Jazz Is PHiSH is a collective of innovative jazz and jam musicians that re-imagine the music of Phish into instrumental, funky jazz arrangements that are both recognizable to fans of Phish and also accessible to jazz, funk and fusion aficionados.

If you've been on this list for quite some time, then you will know our emails about releases are often flush with hyperbole. We can't help it, really - for we, like you, are Grateful Dead fans above all else. Just like you, we've spent countless hours debating the merits of show over show, year over year. We've kept a watchful eye on your wish-lists and carefully considered how to make - excuse the cliché - your dreams come true.

The Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival (Thursday, March 2 to Sunday, March 5) is excited to announce the final lineup for this year’s PoWoW!, a  one-time-only live collaborative concert under the stars at Sunshine Grove. The 2017 PoWow! will take place on Saturday, March 4 at the Here Stage  from  10:15 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.

Flogging Molly's Salty Dog Cruise is scheduled to set sail March 10th - 13th 2017 to the Bahamas! To debut the mini skate ramp aboard the cruise ship, Matt Hensley and Flogging Molly have invited legendary H-Street Skaters, along with other iconic riders. The ramp is being built by Brian Schaefer of the renowned Skatepark of Tampa.  The third annual three night, four day floating festival will make stops in Coco Cay and Nassau, Bahamas.