Old Crow, Leftover Salmon, TBT play Delfest
DelFest, which will be held in Cumberland, Md. from May 21-24, will present first time acts Lake Street Dive, Shovels and Rope, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, D.C. area favorites and IBMA Hall of Fame members Seldom Scene and Billy Strings & Don Julin.
The Del McCoury Band, which created the fest, of course, will be playing. Others on the bill are:
Railroad Earth
Greensky Bluegrass
The Travelin' McCourys
Hot Rize
The Jeff Austin Band featuring Danny Barnes, Ross Martin and Eric Thorin
Steep Canyon Rangers
The Gibson Brothers
Sierra Hull
The Larry Keel Experience
Joe Craven
The Black Lillies
Mandolin Orange
Billy Strings & Don Julin
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line
Dead Winter Carpenters
Ashleigh Flynn & The Back Porch Majority
Delfest will be immediately preceded by a three-day music academy hosted by The Travelin' McCourys, along with Leigh Gibson of the Gibson Brothers band, and seven-time IBMA mandolin player of the year nominee Sierra Hull.
Four-day festival tickets are currently on sale at www.delfest.com along with DELuxe VIP packages.
More news for Del McCoury
- 02/18/22: McCoury, Stringdusters, Shovel & Rope are out today
- 02/17/22: Childers, Keen, Jerry Douglas Band join DelFest
- 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
- 08/05/14: IBMA celebrates McCoury's 75th
- 06/17/14: Rob McCoury announces first solo disc
CD reviews for Del McCoury
Since the mid-nineties, there has not been a more substantial bluegrass outfit than The Del McCoury Band. There has likely not been a more recognized set of musicians since the International Bluegrass Music Awards started to be handed out in 1990. McCoury himself was the organization's first Male Vocalist of the Year, an award he was now received five times; further, each current member of the group, from bassist Alan Bartrum and banjoist Rob McCoury (one each) to fiddler Jason Carter (five ...
For two years we've been hearing of this recording, a project where original lyrics from Woody Guthrie were to be reinvented as bluegrass songs by the legendary Del McCoury. Like previous sets from Billy Bragg & Wilco (3 volumes of "Mermaid Avenue" released between 1998-2012), Jay Farrar, et al ("New Multitudes," 2012) and The Klezmatics (a pair of 2006 releases), lyrics stored within the Woody Guthrie Archives were turned over to McCoury to be repurposed. ...
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