Bluegrass

The Blackberry Bushes String Band

Punch Brothers

Kendl Winter's Second K Release Is Clean and Pristine

(HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) Kendl Winter The Mechanics of Hovering Flight Release Date: January 24, K Records Banjo-wielding multi-instrumentalist Kendl Winter's second release on Olympia's K Records is rich and earthy, drawing its subtle strength and strong storytelling from a love of the Pacific North ... More >>

Today Reverb Recommends Seeing Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers Saturday Night at the Tractor

​Reverb Alum Sara Brickner once tagged Seattle country singer Zoe Muth as "our very own Emmylou." The moniker is spot-on: Seattle has no shortage of chanteuses in every genre from indie rock to hip-hop, yet few female voices on the country scene have rung as tried-and-true as that of Zoe Muth, ... More >>

The Decemberists' Pliant Assasin

Sara Watkins helps Colin Meloy murder an annoying monarch.

The Short List: This Week's Recommended Shows

From Gillian Welch to Memory Tapes.

Today Reverb Recommends You Listen to John Hartford, a Man Traditionalists Snubbed and the Avett Brothers' Bob Crawford Loves

​I had an interesting conversation, Friday, with Avett Brothers bassist Bob Crawford. Before the band plays Everett's Comcast Arena on Friday, I thought I'd catch up with Crawford and mine a few of his thoughts to include in Wednesday's paper, where we'll be writing about our 2011 summer music ... More >>

Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas are Sensational, But Dan Tyminski is Union Station's Engineer

​ Alison Krauss & Union Station Marymoor Park Friday, July 8, 2011 When Union Station added the famed guitarist and dobro player Jerry Douglas to its permanent lineup in the late '90s, it was the musical equivalent of giving Thomas Jefferson a cubicle in FDR 's Oval Office, just to have an e ... More >>

Alison Krauss & Union Station

​ Alison Krauss & Union Station Marymoor Park Friday, July 8, 2011 When Union Station added the famed guitarist and dobro player Jerry Douglas to its permanent lineup in the late '90s, it was the musical equivalent of giving Thomas Jefferson a cubicle in FDR 's Oval Office, just to have an e ... More >>

Music From Winter's Bone

​ Alison Krauss & Union Station Marymoor Park Friday, July 8, 2011 When Union Station added the famed guitarist and dobro player Jerry Douglas to its permanent lineup in the late '90s, it was the musical equivalent of giving Thomas Jefferson a cubicle in FDR 's Oval Office, just to have an e ... More >>

Seattleites Play Songs; They Just Play Their Instruments

John Roderick is the singer and songwriter responsible for Seattle's The Long Winters. He is a regular columnist for Reverb and currently serving a tour as the blog's guest editor.​On a Sunday night off in Nashville a few years back, my bandmates and I took a field trip down to the Station Inn ... More >>

Seattleites Play Songs; They Just Play Their Instruments

John Roderick is the singer and songwriter responsible for Seattle's The Long Winters. He is a regular columnist for Reverb and currently serving a tour as the blog's guest editor.​On a Sunday night off in Nashville a few years back, my bandmates and I took a field trip down to the Station Inn ... More >>

Conor Byrne Pub

5140 Ballard Ave. N.W. / 21+

Ralph Stanley

5140 Ballard Ave. N.W. / 21+

Tonight: Bluegrass Concert at the Fremont Abbey, Paper Bird at Chop Suey, Blunt Mechanic at the Rendezvous

Ricky ChapmanDella Mae​Bluegrass Concert. Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave. N., 701-9270. 8 p.m. $10. All ages. There is quite a lot of pseudo-roots schtick music being made right now that's been labeled "bluegrass" simply for lack of better terminology. So sometimes, it's nice to step outside ... More >>

Bluegrass Concert

Ricky ChapmanDella Mae​Bluegrass Concert. Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave. N., 701-9270. 8 p.m. $10. All ages. There is quite a lot of pseudo-roots schtick music being made right now that's been labeled "bluegrass" simply for lack of better terminology. So sometimes, it's nice to step outside ... More >>

Paper Bird

Ricky ChapmanDella Mae​Bluegrass Concert. Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave. N., 701-9270. 8 p.m. $10. All ages. There is quite a lot of pseudo-roots schtick music being made right now that's been labeled "bluegrass" simply for lack of better terminology. So sometimes, it's nice to step outside ... More >>

Chatham County Line

Ricky ChapmanDella Mae​Bluegrass Concert. Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave. N., 701-9270. 8 p.m. $10. All ages. There is quite a lot of pseudo-roots schtick music being made right now that's been labeled "bluegrass" simply for lack of better terminology. So sometimes, it's nice to step outside ... More >>

The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

Ricky ChapmanDella Mae​Bluegrass Concert. Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave. N., 701-9270. 8 p.m. $10. All ages. There is quite a lot of pseudo-roots schtick music being made right now that's been labeled "bluegrass" simply for lack of better terminology. So sometimes, it's nice to step outside ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

Ricky ChapmanDella Mae​Bluegrass Concert. Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave. N., 701-9270. 8 p.m. $10. All ages. There is quite a lot of pseudo-roots schtick music being made right now that's been labeled "bluegrass" simply for lack of better terminology. So sometimes, it's nice to step outside ... More >>

Steve Martin

Ricky ChapmanDella Mae​Bluegrass Concert. Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave. N., 701-9270. 8 p.m. $10. All ages. There is quite a lot of pseudo-roots schtick music being made right now that's been labeled "bluegrass" simply for lack of better terminology. So sometimes, it's nice to step outside ... More >>

Line Cook At Taste Hits All The Right Notes

Photo by Leslie KellyLine cook Jesse Dean with chef Craig Hetherington.​The chef as rock star has become as tired as fussy mac-and-cheese, but in this week's Grillaxin Q&A, we meet a line cook who has got some true musical chops. Jesse Dean is in the punk band Down We Go and a bluegrass band c ... More >>

Throw Down Your Heart: The Banjo Goes International

Photo by Leslie KellyLine cook Jesse Dean with chef Craig Hetherington.​The chef as rock star has become as tired as fussy mac-and-cheese, but in this week's Grillaxin Q&A, we meet a line cook who has got some true musical chops. Jesse Dean is in the punk band Down We Go and a bluegrass band c ... More >>

The Devil Makes Three

Thursday, May 28

Mmmmm. Delicious Show Suggestions

Thursday, May 28

The Builders and the Butchers

Wednesday, October 15

Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys

Saturday, October 18

Frank Fairfield

Sunday, October 19

The Curious Mystery

Wednesday, August 6th

Appalachian Ghosts

The Hackensaw Boys tap a folk heritage few are willing to acknowledge.

The Builders and the Butchers

The Hackensaw Boys tap a folk heritage few are willing to acknowledge.

Seattle, You Love Your Mainstream Country Music

You just won't admit it.

Wintergrass Music Festival

Annual bluegrass fest is a winter pick-me-up

MMMmmm Drop!

Annual bluegrass fest is a winter pick-me-up

Brian Foss

The Funhouse's Jack-of-all-trades.

Seeing Stars

If you think Amy Millan has just now 'gone country,' you haven't been listening.

Weekly Notable Shows

Highlights-and otherwise-from this week's music calendar.

Weekly Notable Shows

Highlights-and otherwise-from this week's music calendar.

Conor Byrne

Highlights-and otherwise-from this week's music calendar.

Carolina Rambler

You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music.

Happenings and Adventures

You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music.

Salt of the Earth

They are the Boggs, they are, and they ain't no bluegrass band.

Constant Sorrow

The Meat Purveyors: as always, high and lonesome.

7. O Brother!

What a year it's been for bluegrass.

What the hell is "Roots Music"?

PBS serves up McFolk.

Random notes

Charting a musical friendship across the decades.

Bluegrass bonanza

A Tacoma festival attracts 3,500 enthusiasts of a rejuvenated musical form.

Ghosts of the Blue Ridge Mountains

A Tacoma festival attracts 3,500 enthusiasts of a rejuvenated musical form.

Getting the Willies

A Tacoma festival attracts 3,500 enthusiasts of a rejuvenated musical form.

Cosmopolitan bluegrass

From chamber music to jamming with Jerry Garcia, Seattle transplant Buell Neidlinger has done it all.