Dan Schram

We close our videos of World of Bluegrass 2013 with a few of our Saturday favorites. Chatham County Line, “Living in Raleigh Now” One week ago, it’s unlikely that Chatham County Line’s Dave Wilson would have thought it possible to write and perform what is undoubtedly the theme song to last week’s inaugural IBMA World […]

Friday initiated the free, street-fair portion of World of Bluegrass, with numerous stages and rows of bluegrass record labels and vendors. Many of the record labels had performances at their booths, too. Without a formal schedule of all performances stretching between the ticketed, non-ticketed and vendor zones, the best strategy might’ve been to wander around […]

Fresh from last night’s IBMA Awards, where the Gibson Brothers took home Entertainer of the Year, Vocal Group of the Year, Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year honors, the group made their way from Memorial Auditorium for a celebratory set at the Lincoln Theatre. Perhaps with more pep in their step than […]

I rambled again last night at the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass 2013. Here’s the best of what I saw. Peter Rowan, “Blue Moon of Kentucky” After playing one of the most recognizable songs in bluegrass, Peter Rowan told stories of his former boss, Bill Monroe, and led his own group through a […]

At each performance Peter Rowan gives, someone will inevitably yell out for the hits—”Panama Red,” “Free Mexican Airforce,” “Midnight Moonlight.” There is nothing particularly wrong with that. Many artists in their 70s, like Rowan, might just lean on their earlier work and be burdened by nothing but the hits. But Rowan is not most artists. […]

Fresh from a stop at the Grand Ole Opry, Sturgill Simpson made his first appearance in the Triangle last week at The Pour House in Raleigh. Touring on his debut solo release, High Top Mountain, Simpson and his three-piece delivered an uncommonly refreshing country sound. Covering all the main points from the Waylon Jennings playbook, […]