Mini-reviews of recent CD releases:David Grisman Quintet, Dawgs Groove and David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, DGBXproduced by Grisman(Acoustic Disc)Thirty years ago, mandolinist David Grisman grabbed ...

It goes without saying that bluegrass and mountains are a mighty fine match. Montana Snowbowl’s decision to bring acoustic pioneer and master mandolin player David Grisman in as the inaugural show for ...

The David Grisman Quintet performs Friday, June 22 at the Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, located at Bartley Ranch in Reno For more than 40 years, mandolinist and composer Grisman has been busy ...

David Grisman calls it a “confluence of events” that dragged him into the recording business in 1989. Grisman, who had led the accomplished, influential David Grisman Quintet since the mid-’70s, was ...

David Grisman needs no introduction to fans of bluegrass and folk music. The virtuoso mandolin player has been keeping the flame of acoustic music alive for 50 years now, sharing his talents with ...

If you're going to improvise on string-band instruments, you eventually reach a point where you have to leave the standard chord changes and choppy rhythms of bluegrass behind and leap into the world ...

Back when the United States was busy celebrating its 200th birthday, David Grisman introduced a new, quintessentially American sound on the eponymous 1976 album “David Grisman Quintet.” The mandolin ...

CORVALLIS — For more than 45 years, mandolinist/composer David Grisman has been busy creating “dawg” music, a blend of many stylistic influences (including folk, swing, bluegrass, Latin, jazz and ...

Hot Tuna have a busy spring and summer ahead of them, as Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen go both acoustic and electric from coast to coast. “The main issue is: I love to play the bass guitar,” Casady ...

The David Grisman Quintet, as any hippie/jazzbo hybrid can tell you, plays dawg music. That s a heady blend of bluegrass, swing, Django-inspired gypsy jazz and assorted Latin flavors. For the ...

Mandolinist David Grisman has spent the past three decades playing what he calls “dawg” music, which is essentially a mix swing, bluegrass, Latin, jazz and gypsy. While the line-up of his band has ...

On Thursday, July 19th, the David Grisman Quintet featuring guitarist Frank Vignola, will perform his unique variety of bluegrass and gypsy music referred to as “dawg music". They will perform at 7pm ...