Childers, Keen, Jerry Douglas Band join DelFest
Thursday, February 17, 2022 – DelFest, the genre-spanning festival brainchild of McCoury Music and High Sierra Music, added artists for its event in Cumberland, Md., May. 26-29.
Tyler Childers with the Travelin' McCourys, Robert Earl Keen, the Jerry Douglas Band, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen and the Price Sisters all have joined the line-up. Childers will have the Travelin' McCourys as his backing band. This marks the first time that Keen, who announced his retirement from touring, will be at DelFest.
Four-day passes will increase in price on Monday, Feb. 21 at midnight Eastern time. Two- and three-day passesgo on sale Tuesday, Feb. 22.
The Del McCoury Band is gearing up to release a new album, "Almost Proud," on Friday.
More news for Del McCoury
- 02/18/22: McCoury, Stringdusters, Shovel & Rope are out today
- 12/16/21: DelFest returns after two-year COVID absence
- 03/31/21: DelFest returns in September
- 11/21/19: DelFest names Old Crow, Punch Brothers as lead performers
- 05/25/18: McCourys, Ell dominate releases
- 01/16/15: Old Crow, Leftover Salmon, TBT play Delfest
- 08/05/14: IBMA celebrates McCoury's 75th
- 06/17/14: Rob McCoury announces first solo disc
CD reviews for Del McCoury


Perennial IBMA Entertainer of the Year winner Del McCoury has had an impressive run over the last decade or so, and his efforts are a large factor in the ever-widening popularity of bluegrass music. McCoury's growth came at a time when he was recording on Rounder, and this collection on Rounder's Heritage series collects tracks from all of the albums he issued during that period.
Though McCoury released an album with Rounder in 1972, this disc skips over that for the more cohesive batch of tunes ...
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