Amos Perrine

Named for and presided over by the legend himself — Del McCoury — DelFest, first held in 2008, takes over Cumberland, Maryland, during Memorial Day weekend each year. While the festival prides itself on carrying on the McCoury family bluegrass tradition, it also casts a wider net of musical influences that includes

Located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Redondo Beach, California, the BeachLife Festival prides itself on extolling the virtues of growing up in Southern California. Besides the relaxed beach lifestyle, there’s the ocean itself: the waves, the wind, the smell, and the wildlife that epitomizes a one-

New Orleans, Louisiana, is not just a city. Its name alone conjures up a scintillating and singular representation of the confluence of French, African, and American cultures. From buskers on what seems to be every street corner in the French Quarter to the parades and street parties of Mardi Gras,

The Stagecoach Festival bills itself as “California’s Country Music Festival,” but features acts from far beyond the Golden State's borders. Held April 26-28 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Stagecoach covered a lot of ground in its lineup, including headliners from the country mainstream (or,

Could two festivals, Moon Crush Pink Moon at Miramar Beach, Florida, and High Water in Charleston, South Carolina, be models for future fests? As this column reported last year, the former bills itself as a “connected music vacation” next to the Gulf of Mexico. The music does not begin until

MerleFest was founded in 1988 in memory of Eddy Merle Watson, Doc Watson’s son who died in a tractor accident. Doc himself called the festival a celebration of “traditional plus” music: roots-oriented sounds of the Appalachian region, including bluegrass and old-time music, that has more recently expanded