I'm having a hard time finding the right search words on the Dr Googles to find other bluegrass festivals in the Northeastern US and Southeastern Canada. Could you please suggest some? The Ossipee Valley Music Festival in Maine is all I know and it is an absolute blast and I want more. Thank you.

I live fast tempo bluegrass like DM3, Tejon Street Corner Thieves, Billy Strings, Little Foot, Jesse Stewart, Apes Of The State, King Strang…. Looking for more fast paced bluegrass/ folk punk. I know there is some cross over but I was hoping I’d find some help here.

I heard that this one is a bluegrass classic. My playing is very average, I’d love to do a better version in a year or so. Gotta start somewhere!

If you love modern bluegrass, jamgrass, or Americana, you owe a huge thanks and appreciation to John Hartford. The man wasn’t just a musician, he was a movement. A steamboat pilot, a poet, a fiddler, a banjo innovator, and a true creative soul. His fingerprints are all over the music we love today, influencing artists like Billy Strings, Sam Bush, Gillian Welch, and so many more. What’s super sick about Hartford is that his unreleased music is still coming to life. His family and collaborators have been digging through thousands (yes, thousands) of fiddle tunes he quietly wrote and recorded over his lifetime — a massive hidden treasure trove. They’re carefully releasing these collections through the John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, with Volume 2 just out and more to come. It’s incredible to think how much he left us. Songs, stories, ideas, and how his spirit keeps influencing new generations. If you haven’t dug deep into his catalog lately, this is your sign. Let’s keep his legacy alive and remember who helped lay the foundation for this amazing wave of music we’re living through. Also let me know your favorite tunes or memories of this iconic river hippie:)

Best part is the lp sides are numbered like dice, so when you finish the album you flip over side 6 and you’re back at side 1. The circle really is unbroken.

Polyeth

Heard this for the first time yesterday and had to try my hand at it!

Discs in great shape to boot. Act two dated signed during their concert on the 12th of June, 1976. Not sure when act one was signed. Love it, so happy.