By Katie Klingsporn Associate Editor
Twenty years after the little-known band won the band competition as at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, they are returning to the box canyon.Well, two of them are anyway.The Dixie Chicks’ Martie Maguire and Emily Robinson will play the 2010 Bluegrass Festival in their new iteration, Court Yard Hounds. With Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines on hiatus raising a family, the sisters have scooted to center stage in their new band, which turns out soaring country-rock.The Court Yard Hounds are among a handful of final additions to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, which has zipped up its main stage lineup as of today. The 37th Bluegrass Festival is scheduled for June 17-20.
Other additions include The Dave Rawlings Machine with Gillian Welch, Brandi Carlile, Lyle Lovett, Keller and The Keels and Ben Sollee. These recent add-ons contribute to a festival strong in Americana and roots music, along with, of course, bluegrass.“It’s going to be a good year,” said Brian Eyster, director of communications for Planet Bluegrass. “Every year is different. This one has a real Americana roots feel.”Rawlings and Welch will return to the Bluegrass stage for the first time since 2005 with their lovely melding of voice and acoustics — only this time, the focus will be on Rawlings’ material. Rawlings put out a killer album, “A Friend of a Friend,” this fall with Welch, members of Old Crow Medicine Show and more, and the pair has been touring to support it.“Whenever they are around, magical things happen,” Eyster said. More...
Twenty years after the little-known band won the band competition as at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, they are returning to the box canyon.Well, two of them are anyway.The Dixie Chicks’ Martie Maguire and Emily Robinson will play the 2010 Bluegrass Festival in their new iteration, Court Yard Hounds. With Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines on hiatus raising a family, the sisters have scooted to center stage in their new band, which turns out soaring country-rock.The Court Yard Hounds are among a handful of final additions to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, which has zipped up its main stage lineup as of today. The 37th Bluegrass Festival is scheduled for June 17-20.
Other additions include The Dave Rawlings Machine with Gillian Welch, Brandi Carlile, Lyle Lovett, Keller and The Keels and Ben Sollee. These recent add-ons contribute to a festival strong in Americana and roots music, along with, of course, bluegrass.“It’s going to be a good year,” said Brian Eyster, director of communications for Planet Bluegrass. “Every year is different. This one has a real Americana roots feel.”Rawlings and Welch will return to the Bluegrass stage for the first time since 2005 with their lovely melding of voice and acoustics — only this time, the focus will be on Rawlings’ material. Rawlings put out a killer album, “A Friend of a Friend,” this fall with Welch, members of Old Crow Medicine Show and more, and the pair has been touring to support it.“Whenever they are around, magical things happen,” Eyster said. More...
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