Moving the old grey fox

The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival will be moving to a new venue, in the same general vicinity, for the 2008 festival.

This from Mary Burdette:

As of tonight [Friday, January 4] the Rothvoss Farm, long-time site of Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, has not been sold yet. However we believe that the farm will be sold very soon, and therefore we are seeking a new home for the festival.
During the past few weeks, we have looked at several potential sites, all in the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountain area, which is where we want to stay.
It is very encouraging to hear from so many communities who are interested in becoming the new home of Grey Fox. We have looked at several great possibilities and are trying to narrow down which it will be. We are also still trying to match up with the perfect location for this unique event which has been on the Rothvoss Farm since 1976.

It's also very encouraging to read the supportive comments on our lively Grey
Fox discussion group by long time (and new) fans of Grey Fox who say they will
follow to wherever the music goes. The lineup for this year's festival is,
IMHO, one of the best we've ever had. It's available at http://www.greyfoxbluegrass.com. Click on artists.

We hope you'll join us wherever the festival's new home turns out to be.
We'll keep you posted. Change is inevitable.

We look forward with great anticipation to the future, and wish the Rothvoss Family all the best. We thank them for all the wonderful years on their gorgeous farm.

Concerts of the Week

Michael Fracasso
July 23, Buttonwood Tree
Middletown CT

This is one I'm producing as a benefit for Gilead Community Services in Middletown. Fracasso, as they say, is a musician's musician. In Austin where he lives, he hangs with Patty Griffin, Eliza Gilkyson and Charlie Sexton. He's got a voice that's reminiscent of Buddy Holly (though he says his chief inspiration was Connecticut's own Gene Pitney), and he writes a mean song. To see a performance, scroll to the bottom of this page.

Green River Festival
July 19-21, Greenfield Community College
Greenfield MA

Jim Olsen, the chief booker for this event, has a great ear. This year the wonderful Eilen Jewell and the spirited string music of Crooked Still kick off the festivities in a free on-the-green in Greenfield show. Friday night it's Louisiana music with Terrance Simien and the Subdudes and on Saturday, it's Erin McKeown, Neko Case, Buddy Guy, Southern Culture on the Skids, James Hunter and Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem.



Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival
July 19-22, Rothvoss Farm
Ancramdale NY

The grandaddy of all New England bluegrass festivals, this one features a lot of the new buzz bands of bluegrass - new young things lighting fire to the grass. Featured are the Duhks, Uncle Earl, the Sparrow Quartet, the Infamous Stringdusters, the Red Stick Ramblers, Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, Crooked Still, the Greencards, Marty Stuart and perhaps one of the last performances by Nickel Creek.