West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Mountain Stage, now in its 40th year as one of the nation’s most cherished and continuing programs in public radio history, descended upon Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, Calif., on August 6. The occasion was to record a live-performance radio broadcast with a diverse, one-of-a-kind lineup that featured the likes of Booker T. Jones, Chris Smither, Karla Bonoff, Steve Poltz, and Amber Rubarth.

Troubadour Steve Poltz has announced the return of his BaHOOTenzie! Song School and Folk Fest, presented in partnership with the Joshua Tree Music Festival and set for Joshua Tree, CA’s Joshua Tree Lake Campground on May 2-4 (Song School) and May 5-6 (Folk Fest). Tickets are on sale now exclusively at joshuatreemusicfestival.com/bahootenzie.

For the past thirty-two years Breckenridge Brewery has thrown down a party that rivals the best music festivals in the country. Yes, it is a bold statement, but when you bring world class entertainment, masterfully crafted beer, and an arsenal of great people together to present the annual Breckenridge Brewery Hootenanny it does not get much better as far as music festivals go.

Breckenridge Brewery is celebrating the return of the Hootenanny, a two-day annual festival hosted in celebration of craft beer & live music. This year’s event marks the brewery’s 32nd anniversary since its humble beginnings in the mountain town for which it’s named.

Leftover Salmon, the Lil Smokies, and Dead Winter Carpenters provided the bluegrass and Phil Lesh & Friends fueled the “beyond” at the inaugural, one-day Bluegrass and Beyond festival in Stateline, Nevada, at Lake Tahoe.

Veteran troubadour Steve Poltz has shared his effervescent new single, “Can O’ Pop,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services.

Veteran troubadour Steve Poltz has announced the arrival of his upcoming new album, Stardust & Satellites, due via Red House Records on Friday, February 18; pre-orders are available now. Produced by Oliver Wood and Jano Rix of The Wood Brothers, Stardust & Satellites is heralded by today’s premiere of the disarmingly moving “Conveyor Belt,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services.

In the spirit of safely enjoying the medicinal magic of the live music experience, Joshua Tree Music Festival is thrilled to host a series of outdoor shows this spring. These one-night shows will be intimate, pod-based, physically distant and strictly limited in capacity to adhere to California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy Tier 2 Guidelines for Outdoor Live Performances.

High Sierra Music Festival, madre of all west coast festivals, is back for its 30th iteration in 2020.

Dobro, mandolin, guitar, musical exaltations and vocal flourishes – and much more – lilted through the autumn-painted trees and into the ears and souls of some colorful attendees at the fairgrounds in the Sierra Nevada foothill town of Placerville, California, at the ninth annual Hangtown Music Festival (formerly the Hangtown Halloween Ball).