“Try to keep my mind clear and stay between the ditches,” sings East Nash Grass’s Harry Clark three verses into the band’s latest single, “Hill Country Highway.” While the time-honored road song is part of any good touring band’s catalog, East Nash Grass’s latest iteration of the tradition feels both timely and timeless, with a desperation to be back home but a sly nod to everything it’ll take to make it.

Fifty‑three summers in, RockyGrass Festival 2025 proved once again why this storied bluegrass music festival is the friendliest family reunion on Earth—only your cousins play twin fiddles, your auntie can shred a banjo break, and total strangers hand you a tube and drag you into the St. Vrain River for a cooldown between sets. Nestled in Lyons, Colorado, Planet Bluegrass wove legends, young guns, and barefoot toddlers into a single, sun‑splashed storyline. Here’s how RockyGrass 2025 unfurled, tarp run to starry finale.

Acclaimed Santa Cruz, California string-band AJ Lee & Blue Summit have announced their highly-anticipated EP, Cover To Cover V1 will be released digitally October 17th via Signature Sounds. Cover To Cover V1 is available for pre-save here.  An extensive tour is underway including RockyGrass, Bluegrass in La Roche, Bourbon and Beyond, and Pickin’ in the Pines festivals. The band will also unite with East Nash Grass for a co-headlining tour in November.

This Mother’s Day, treat the special women in your life to something they’ll cherish for years to come: a trip to the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, running July 16–20, 2025, on the historic Walsh Farm in the heart of the Northern Catskills. Whether it’s your own mother, grandmother, the mother of your children, or a neighbor who’s always there with a listening ear, Grey Fox offers the perfect blend of music, community, and mountain magic that any mother will love.

The Mother of Bluegrass—and Her Daughters

The California Bluegrass Association is pleased to announce the list of artists selected to appear on the esteemed Vern’s Stage at its 50th annual Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, taking place June 12-15 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, Calif.

Leftover Salmon and Kitchen Dwellers have announced a stellar lineup of special guests for the highly anticipated “Memorial Day Pick-Nic” at Colorado’s historic Red Rocks Amphitheatre on May 26, 2025.

Much like its larger sister festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Planet Bluegrass’s RockyGrass is a homecoming for Festivarians far and wide. Not only do families and friends return year after year to dip their toes in the Saint Vrain River and enjoy the finest bluegrass and bluegrass-adjacent music the world has to offer, but world-class musicians also count the days until their return to the Planet Bluegrass Ranch to catch up and collaborate with friends on the legendary Colorado front range stage.

Today, the Momentary adds rising star Jaime Wyatt, breakout country music star Waylon Wyatt, 2X GRAMMY nominee Cha Wa, and critically acclaimed crossover band Mireya Ramos and the Poor Choices, to the lineup for FreshGrass | Bentonville 2025, a two-day, all-ages festival with the best in American and global roots music and folk traditions taking place on Friday, May 16th, and Saturday, May 17th.