Tim O'Brien

Telluride Bluegrass Festival Announces New Additions to Lineup

Telluride Bluegrass, a bucket list festival for artists and music fans alike, is pleased to announce the final two artist additions to its already stacked 49th annual festival lineup which takes place June 16-19 in Telluride, Colorado: Elephant Revival will perform on Saturday and Sihasin featuring Jones Benally will perform on Friday. 

Patchogue Theatre to Present 15-Time Grammy-Winning Banjo Virtuoso Béla Fleck

15-Time Grammy-winning banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck comes to the not-for-profit Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts showcasing a multi-generational gamut of the best of bluegrass players on Sunday, April 10 at 7pm. 

Grammy Winner Kathy Mattea Shares Cover of 'Turn Off the News'

Grammy award-winning artist Kathy Mattea released today a special rendition of Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real’s “Turn Off The News (Build A Garden).” The song was captured during a recent taping of Mountain Stage, the live performance radio program produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and distributed by NPR Music. “I haven’t fallen this hard for a song in a good long while,” stated Mattea. “It makes its point in such an elegant way. It’s very rare these days to see something so skillfully written, not provoking or aggressive, but not backing away from the issue either.”

BEG, STEAL, OR BORROW Returns To Spruce Peak Arts, April 15

After closing out the Winter Concert Series on March 20, 2021, Beg, Steal or Borrow brings their warm harmonies back to the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center for an evening of bluegrass, Friday, April 15th, 2022 at 7:00PM.

David Ferguson Releases 'White Dove' Featuring Dan Auerbach & Ronnie McCoury

Ferguson is a Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, studio owner, video game soundtrack composer, and collaborator with the likes of Johnny Cash, John Prine, and Sturgill Simpson. The track was previously only available to those who purchased the record on vinyl from Fat Possum. Listen to the new single now!

Yonder Mountain String Band Re-Release Pivotal 2nd Album 'Town by Town' For 20th Anniversary

YMSB's 20th-anniversary re-release of this modern classic on 180g double vinyl. Originally released on the band’s own independent label, Frog Pad Records, Town by Town features founding members Adam Aijala, Ben Kaufmann, Dave Johnston, and Jeff Austin, along with album producer and bluegrass legend Tim O’Brien.

Plowboy Records Taps Jim Reilley To Head Up Label Operations

Reilley has worn many career hats. As an artist he co-founded the revered group The New Dylans in 1986, and as a songwriter (with a stint at Curb Music Publishing) he secured cuts by Vince Gill, Sam Bush, Hal Ketchum, Tim O’Brien, Jack Ingram, and others.

NPR's Mountain Stage Announces October Show At The Kennedy Center

For nearly 40 years, Mountain Stage has been the home of live music on public radio. Since its inception in 1983, Mountain Stage has been under the creative direction of host and co-founder Larry Groce.

Telluride Bluegrass Festival to Be Live-Streamed Via The Park Theatre

For the last 46 years, thousands have made the annual pilgrimage to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Four days of transcendent music in a breathtaking natural landscape, basking in the warmth of the solstice sun. Unfortunately, in 2020 the grounds remained empty on this magical weekend.

David Ferguson To Release 'Nashville No More' On Fat Possum Records

The company Ferguson keeps on Nashville No More speaks much more highly of him than written words in promo materials can. Bluegrass power couple Sierra Hull and Justin Moses lend their voice and instrumental prowess to album closer 'Hard Times Come Again No More.'

2021 Randolph A. Frank Prize Winners Announced

Palm Beach Symphony announces the winners of the 2021 Randolph A. Frank Prize, which recognizes their contributions to enriching the quality of the performing arts in Palm Beach County. With prizes totaling $10,000, director Kenneth Kay; Director of Bands/Department Chairman at The Conservatory School Cleve A. Maloon; and Director of Bands at Lake Worth High School Tiffany Cox will be honored in the categories of performing artist, performing arts educator and emerging performing arts educator, respectively.

The U.S. Postal Service to Honor August Wilson With a Commemorative Forever Stamp in the Black Heritage Series

The U.S. Postal Service will honor August Wilson (1945-2005) with a commemorative Forever stamp in the Black Heritage series. The 44th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors the playwright who brought fresh perspectives and previously unheard voices to the American stage.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass' LET THE MUSIC PLAY ON Premieres This Week

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass celebrates their 20th Anniversary this year with Let The Music Play On…. airing Saturday, October 3rd at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET.

HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS Announces Full Artist Lineup

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is thrilled to announce the full line up for this year’s Let The Music Play On Broadcast airing Saturday, October 3rd at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET on Circle TV, HardlyStrictlyBluegrass.com, HSB Facebook, YouTube and Nugs.TV.

Stage Aurora Theatrical Company Awarded Big Read Grant From The National Endowment For The Arts 

Stage Aurora Theatrical Company, theatre that enlightens, will celebrate our military veterans and those that have served in the United States Armed forces as they partner with the Queens Public Library and present Tim O'Brien's Pulitzer Prize finalist  The Things They Carried along with other programing. This presentation is made possible by a Big Read Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The celebration will begin October 3-November 14, 2020. 

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's HEMINGWAY Premieres on PBS April 5

Ernest Hemingway, the iconic literary figure considered one of the greatest American writers and among the first to live and work at the treacherous nexus of art and celebrity, is the subject of an upcoming three-part, six-hour documentary series.

Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, & More Set for LET THE MUSIC PLAY ON

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces its second round of musicians in this year’s Let The Music Play On, led by music legends and festival veterans Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Steve Earle & the Halfgrass Dukes (feat. Tim O’Brien and Dennis Crouch) and returning artist The War and Treaty and first-timer Amythyst Kiah. 

Brennen Leigh's Prairie Love Letter Offers an Ode to Home

 The state line between Minnesota and North Dakota is an area not often immortalized in song—until now. Brennen Leigh’s upcoming concept record, Prairie Love Letter, is an ode to where she grew up

The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Volume 1 Available Everywhere June 26

John Hartford's nimble, whit-fueled songs have long been a focal point of the bluegrass and newgrass canon and Hartford's musicianship, on both the banjo and fiddle, has now been doted over for generations, but until recently, little has been known about his late-in-life, academic approach to fiddle music.

Wynn Handman, Producer and Acting Teacher, Has Passed Away at 97

Wynn Handman, the famed New York acting teacher and Artistic Director of The American Place Theatre, died at home April 11, 2020 of Covid-19 related pneumonia. He was 97.