On the dance floor, Phyllis Bogart moves like she’s made of electricity, not metal. At 78, her pink-and-purple-streaked curls bounce as she shimmies and shakes with the energy of someone half her age, ...

A legendary country music band is set to perform in Wilmington in 2026 as part of a farewell tour. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has entertained for nearly six decades and earned three Grammy awards.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band — a 1960s band known for its blend of folk, country, rock and bluegrass — will bring its “All the Good Times” farewell tour to the Dow Event Center in Saginaw at 6 p.m.

EFFINGHAM – The Grammy-award winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will be performing at the Effingham Performance Center on Oct. 24 on their “All the Good Times” farewell tour. Over the band’s nearly 60 ...

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band wowed its Bay Area fans — perhaps for the last time ever in concert — on opening day of the 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco. Yes, the Long Beach ...

Underneath a fingernail moon and the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Oliver Wood stood onstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival and declared, “This one goes out to ...

Lee Clay Johnson's "Bloodline" is a gritty Southern Gothic novel set in Appalachia. The story centers around the Alcorn family, led by the unscrupulous Winston, and their impact on their community.

Barely two weeks after the musicians at RockyGrass packed up their banjos, Planet Bluegrass — the Lyons-based festival producer and riverside venue behind some of Colorado’s best-loved music weekends ...

For nearly six decades, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has been a cornerstone of Americana music, releasing award-winning albums and beloved classics like “Mr. Bojangles” and “Fishin’ In the Dark.” Now, ...

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is a band that evokes memories of the good times. From Fishin’ In the Dark, Mr. Bojangles, and An American Dream, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has been creating music for ...

Do what you love and you will find the reward, says Nitty Gritty Dirt Band keyboardist Bob Carpenter. “You have to love playing music, and you have to be willing to just take it at that without ...