Few people have done more to advance and celebrate folk music than Jim Kweskin. At 84, he's been playing folk, jug music and Americana for over 70 years. He started the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, which ...

At a Dinkytown cafe Saturday, several members of the Geezers Jug Band were living up to their name. “About the only place left from when we were here is Al’s Breakfast,” said University alumnus Peter ...

When it comes to music, booze is the muse. Rockers love their whiskey, ravers get hopped up on Red Bull and vodka, and broken-hearted country boys shed tears in their beers. But what do jug band fans ...

In author J.R.R. Tolkein's alternate universe, God created the world through music. If it happened that way in this universe, jug band music might explain laughter and the platypus. With a jug, a ...

Who knew that one of the most exciting new Front Range album releases of 2024 was going to feature jug band music and a kazoo chorus? Mad Dog Blues’ eighth album — which contains a myriad of fun ...

Title of vol. 3: Songs. Booklet by Harry Smith containing program notes and bibliographical and discographical references (28 p. : ill.) laid in. Cannon's Jug Band: Noah Lewis: Harmonica Gus Cannon: ...

PARKERSBURG – The Juggernaut Jug Band on March 2-4 will tour elementary schools in the region in the Artsbridge Artists-on-Tour series. Jug band music is a mixture of jazz, blues, swing and ragtime ...

A band called the Jug or Nots manages to bring both the simple instrumentation and American roots music to a generation unaware of the basis of the music they enjoy. I caught the Jug or Nots at LaBrie ...

12:45PM Old Scratch Sallies – String band blues and rags from Tennessee to the Tex-Mex boarder. Comin’ all the way from New Orleans, LA! 1:30PM Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues – Jug band music, ...

Carolina Chocolate Drops formed after all three members — Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons and Justin Robinson — attended the 2005 Black Banjo Gathering in Boone, N.C. The annual event brings together ...

Carolina Chocolate Drops formed after all three members -- Rhiannon Giddens, Dom Flemons and Justin Robinson -- attended the 2005 Black Banjo Gathering in Boone, N.C. The annual event brings together ...