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Tag Archives: Joe Val Festival
January 20, 2001: James King, Dudley Connell, Don Rigsby Together in Studio B
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD The Boston Bluegrass Union was celebrating its 25th Anniversary, and for the occasion was hosting a concert at the (then named) Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, with a group they called the Southern … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly History, Program Notes
Tagged Aubrie Haynie, Bobby Hicks, Boston Bluegrass Union, DonRigsby, Dudley Connell, Gene Libea, James King, Joe Val Festival, Old Sinc, Sammy Shelor, The Lonesome River Band, The Seldom Scene
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No Joe Val Festival This February
From the Boston Bluegrass Union: Bluegrass Breakdown September 9th, 2021 Joe Val 2022 Postponed Due to COVID-19 Greeting to all friends of the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival. Much has changed since we were all together in February of 2020. The Sheraton … Continue reading
Rhode Island’s Best-Kept Secret? Rock Hearts on HAH!
I had heard the name, but knew nothing of the band when Tony Watt asked if I’d like to have them on live. They are scheduled to appear at the Joe Val Festival this year, so I said, sure, if … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country Calendar, Radio Talk
Tagged Alex MacLeod, Billy Thibodeau, Dale Ann Bradley, Danny Musher, Doe Deetz, Flamekeeper, Gerry Katz, Jimmy Martin, Joe Val Festival, Karl Lauber, Kennebec Valley Boys, Michael Cleveland, Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival, Pete Kelly, Rock Hearts, Sam and Bob Tidwell, Tony Watt
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The Legendary Al Hawkes Dies at 88
I met Al Hawkes at one of the Joe Val Festivals, back in the Green Room. It was not the one where he received the 2009 Heritage Industry Award from the Boston Bluegrass Union. It might have been 2016 when … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country History, Country News, Record Business
Tagged Al Hawkes, Allerton and Alton, Alton Myers, B Lilly, Bear Family Records, Betty Cody, Boston Bluegrass Union, Don Stover, Don Williams, Event Records, Everett Alan Lilly, Everett Lilly, Hal Lonepine, Jim Rooney, Joe Val Festival, Lenny Breau, Maine Public Radio, Rockhouse Mountain Productions, The Cumberland Ridge Runners, The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover
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Joe Val Festival News: Del McCoury Coming, Lillys Honored
Already scheduled for Sunday afternoon (February 14th) at the annual Joe Val Festival, The Traveling McCourys will become The Del McCoury Band! Del of course was ‘snowed out’ last year (remember the snowstorm here that snowed in a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country Calendar, Country News, Radio Talk
Tagged Ashley Lilly and the Songcatchers, Boston Bluegrass Union, Everett Allen Lilly, Hillbilly at Harvard, Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys, Jim Rooney, Joe Val Festival, Junior Sisk and Ramblers' Choice, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, Tex Logan, The Del McCoury Band, The Gibson Brothers, The Lilly Brothers, The Spinney Brothers, The Traveling McCourys, Woiody Guthrie
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Laurie Lewis in Town January 16th
That’s from Laurie Lewis’s website. I looked because the Boston Bluegrass Union has been ambiguous about the name of the band. Laurie’s regulars are The Right Hands. Gerry Katz in his email promotion called this different aggregation, with typical whimsy, … Continue reading
Thanks to the Boston Bluegrass Union . . .
. . . For another terrific Joe Val Festival! And to think they managed to pull it off amidst a foot of snowfall Saturday night and Sunday morning, deterring attendees and sending some home Saturday for fear of being stranded. … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Hillbilly Journal, Radio Talk
Tagged Boston Bluegrass Union, Danny Paisley, Dudley Connell, Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, Joe Val Festival, Kathy Kallick, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, Ray Park, Rhonda Vincent, The Del McCoury Band, The Seldom Scene, The Southern Grass, Tom Rozum, Vern Williams
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Blizzard? “As long as all the bands are here, we’re fine!”
Here we go again (from the National Weather Service): WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country Calendar, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes
Tagged BBU, jim Gaudet, Jim Rooney, Joe Val Festival, Rhonda Vincent, Sheila Selby, Tom Paxton
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2015 Joe Val Festival News
From the Boston Bluegrass Union website: 2015 Joe Val Update: Sheraton hotel rooms sold out within 1-2 minutes. However, there are rooms available at our overflow hotels only a few minutes away. Weekend tickets are now on sale. … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country Calendar
Tagged Bluegrass Gospel Project, Bob Amos and Catamount Crossing, Boston Bluegrass Union, Del McCoury, Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, Joe Val Festival, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands, Rhonda Vincent, Seldom Scene, The Kathy Kallick Band, The Roland White Band, Town Mountain, Vern and Ray
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Time for the JVF!
From Gerry Katz at the BBU: 29th Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, February 14 – 16, at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel, Framingham, MA Master Classes and Fast Track Classes Details on http://www.bbu.org Main Stage Main Stage lineup is now posted. I … Continue reading
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