Rockygrass

Banjoist Bela Fleck played a truly rare, whole set of traditional bluegrass music July 28 at Rockygrass in Lyons, Co. (Photo by Lisa Lehndorff)

Bluegrass icon picks a fitting tribute to Jerry Garcia

3:15 p.m. July 29, Lyons, Co. -   Who would have guessed that a 70-something member of the Grand Ole Opry would be the one to …

Bluegrass, newgrass, Dawg, jamgrass, gospel and American fans find common ground at the Rockygrass Festival this weekend in Lyons, Co. (Photo by Lisa Lehndorff)

The best live bluegrass-y band in the land? The Infamous Stringdusters

11:30 a.m. July 29, Lyons, Co. – Sunday morning thoughts as bluegrass gospel music is flowing from the stage by the creek led by Colorado’s K.C. …

Rockygrass is a purple festival in a swing state

Rockygrass is a purple festival in a swing state

12:25 p.m. July 28, Lyons, Co. – At 40 years old, Rockygrass is a purple festival. I’d guesstimate that at about one-third of the sold-out …

Banjoist Sammy Shellor performs July 27, 2012 at the Rockygrass Festival in Lyons, Co. (Photo by Lisa Lehndorff/ For the Aurora Sentinel)

Rockygrass: The banjo lineage from Earl Scruggs to Sammy Shellor and Noam Pikelny

5 p.m. July 27, Lyons, Co. – As musical genres go, bluegrass isn’t that old but there have been three or four generations since Bill …

Bluegrass Etc. with John Reishman and Christ Thile sitting in performed July 27 at the RockyGrass Festival in Lyons, Co. (Photo by Lisa Lehndorff)

Sittin’ in is a Rockygrass tradition

2:10 p.m. July 27, Lyons – One of the nice things about Telluride is that the roster of pickers hangs out and impromptu and planned …

Rockygrass: Bluegrass’ next generation steals the stage

12:45 P.m. July 27, under a welcome cloud cover – When it commes to Colorado’s annual bluegrass festivals, Telluride is a music festivals that includes …

Rockygrass 2012: Sets from sold-out festival to air on KGNU

I’ll be blogging live from the Rockygrass Festival all weekend. Portions of the sold-out Festival will air live on KGNU (88.5 FM, 1390 AM, kgnu.org) …