Snapshots: Appaloosa Festival @ Skyline Ranch Resort — 8/30-9/1/19

Posted on 09/04/2019 by Chester Simpson in Live Review and tagged Americana, Appaloosa Festival, Aztec Sun, bluegrass, Celtic rock, Fireside Collective, Gothard Sisters, Honeyday, Hussey Brothers, Jack Dunlap, Jessica Willis Fisher, Jonathan Byrd, Justin Trawick, Justin Trawick and the Common Good, music festival, Screaming Orphans, Scythian, Sibling Rivalry, Skyline Ranch Resort, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Dustbowl Revival, Upstate, Yarn.

5th Annual Appaloosa Roots Music Festival

Jessica Willis Fisher performs at Appaloosa Festival over Labor Day weekend. (Photo by Chester Simpson)

“There are no strangers here, only friends who have not yet met.” — William Butler Yeats.

That quote from Yeats opened the program for the 2019 Appaloosa Festival, which invited friends of all stripes to Skyline Ranch Resort in Front Royal, Virginia, over Labor Day weekend for a gathering of bluegrass, folk, Americana, Celtic rock, and more! Parklife DC’s Chester Simpson captured the action on film.

Live Review: Charm City Bluegrass Festival @ Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, 4/26-4/27/19

Posted on 05/03/2019 by Matt Ruppert in Live Review and tagged Americana, Baltimore, Beside the Fire, bluegrass, Charm City Bluegrass Festival, Charm City Junction, Deer Tick, folk, Frank Solivan, Hawktail, Jeff Austin, Jeff Austin Band, Jon Stickley Trio, Maybe April, Melody Walker, music festival, Rob Ickes, Seldom Scene, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Bridge, Town Mountain, Trey Hensley, Wicked Sycamore.

Druid Hill Park in the wind after a storm during Charm City Bluegrass Festival. (Photo by Matt Ruppert)

Waking on Friday, the forecast indicated thunderstorms and heavy winds in the neighborhood of 3 to 7 o’clock. The hours passed slowly, work keeping me busy; periodic texts from my wife, little checks of the app, and nervous glances outside the windows of classrooms marked the passage of the clouds, the speed of the winds.

Preview: Charm City Bluegrass Festival @ Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, 4/26-4/27/19

Posted on 04/17/2019 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged Americana, Baltimore, bluegrass, Charm City Bluegrass Festival, Deer Tick, folk, Jeff Austin Band, Maryland, music festival, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Bridge.

Charm City Bluegrass Festival (Photo by Brady Cooling Photography)

The award-winning Charm City Bluegrass Festival will take over Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park for a seventh annual celebration of bluegrass, folk, and Americana, headlined by The Bridge, Deer Tick, Steep Canyon Rangers, and Jeff Austin Band, for two days on Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27.

Live Review: Steep Canyon Rangers @ The Hamilton Live — 1/25/19

Posted on 01/28/2019 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged bluegrass, North Carolina, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Hamilton, The Hamilton Live.

Steep Canyon Rangers perform at Merlefest on April 28, 2016. (Photo by CP Thornton)

The Steep Canyon Rangers nodded to DC’s strong bluegrass history in a lively concert that showcased their unusual configuration and a few pleasant surprises at The Hamilton Live on Friday.

Preview: Steep Canyon Rangers @ The Hamilton Live, 1/25/19

Posted on 01/21/2019 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged bluegrass, North Carolina, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Hamilton, The Hamilton Live.

Steep Canyon Rangers (Photo by Sandlin Gaither)

Steep Canyon Rangers released Out in the Open, their most recent album, in 2018 via Ramseur Records. The North Carolina bluegrass band is on tour with a stop at The Hamilton Live on Friday, Jan. 25.