Setlist, Stream, Download: Greensky Bluegrass @ Park West, Chicago, IL 1/27/12
Greensky Bluegrass turned heads and won over many fans at the Park West last Friday, and even welcomed longtime friend Joe Hettinga of Strange Arrangment to the stage for a trio of tunes. There will...
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Whippersnap Changes Locations, Adds Two More Headliners: Greensky Bluegrass &...
Stonehouse Park came under quite a bit of fire regarding noise and crowds in the festival off-season. While the Dekalb county park will see the addition of Camp Terrapin come, Barefoot Fred...
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The Barn’s Greater Chicago Festival Guide – Summer 2012
We’ve creeped past the solstice marker and are entering the heart of festival season in the Midwest. The oddest trend for 2012 seems to be festivals moving locations, which no less than five of the...
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Strange Arrangement Hints At Hiatus; 11/21 Chicago Gig with Greensky...
We were out-of-our-minds-with-joy when last January’s Strange Arrangement / Greensky Bluegrass co-bill at the Park West was announced. Not surprisingly, the gig itself more than lived up to the hype,...
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Turkey Day Music Festival? Thanksgiving Weekend Live Music In Chicago!
Every summer, interesting festivals overtake the music landscape in and around Chicago. While the festival calendar dries up after Labor Day, leave it to the area's best venues to make our holidays...
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Preview: Cornmeal’s Holiday Ramble – Martyrs 12/27/12
Ive already stuck this in the calendar, but I think an event of this caliber warrants a front page post, too. So many members of The Barn's favorite groups are coming together on this evening at one...
View ArticleFive Bands That Should Be Bigger Than They Are
Last month's Live Music Blog feature, the five part What Bands Should Be Bigger Than They Are was one of the most enjoyable reads of November. Equal parts validation of some of my favorite...
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Preview: Greensky Bluegrass & The Deadly Gentlemen @ City Winery 2/19
Keeping track of the venue evolution game for rising bands in the Chicago market is a fun diversion. With two co-headlining spots at Park West and a a big Saturday night gig at the Abbey in 2012,...
View ArticleBetter Than DVD: Outstanding Greensky Bluegrass Video Playlists
It always takes something a little extra special to feature media of an event that didn’t take place in Chicago. How’s this? When one of our favorite Midwest bands made it out to Portlandia, archivist...
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Photos / Recap: Greensky Bluegrass @ City Winery 6/15/13
Let’s hand it to City Winery for putting an exclamation point on a wonderful festival. Moving into this venue for an aftershow just reinforced the class, elegance, and accessibility that makes...
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Take Me To The River(Edge Park): Hornsby, Greensky, FGC & Old Shoe in Aurora...
Photos and additional reporting by Adam McCall There’s something going on in Aurora. Wait… Aurora? Home of Wayne’s World? Closer to Joliet than Chicago? Well, actually, yeah. We’ve been hip to the...
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ProgNewJamGrass: Greensky Bluegrass on Audiotree Live
We do our best to bring you the best audio and video from Chicago shows of interest by great bands. Here’s one that nearly slipped under our radar, not because we don’t love Greenksy Bluegrass (and...
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Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Plan Multi-Venue Festival Lineup For 2013
Each year brings a little something different for the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival. From big shows and headliners to outrageous special guests to diverse lineups and even a three night...
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The Barn’s Top Ten Things of 2013
As with last year, I’m not going to try to rank the best shows, songs or albums of the year (though some thoughts on albums are here and here). I want to use my year end list to capture the musical...
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Setlist, Stream, Download: Greensky Bluegrass @ Concord Music Hall 1/18/14
Greensky Bluegrass just wrapped the first leg of their 2014 tour. There have been many miles put on the van since they played the second gig of the tour in Chicago as a part of the Chicago Bluegrass...
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Video and Preview: Greensky Bluegrass @ Bell’s Beer Garden Opening
Greensky Bluegrass will do it again in 2014. ”It” (besides being one of the best bands on the planet) is open the Bell’s Brewery Beer Garden, an honor that they’ve held for over a decade. Chicago...
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A Jim Pollock Greensky Bluegrass Bell’s Brewery Poster!
Want! Want! Want! Want! Luckily, I’ll in a position to grab one of these Saturday night for opening weekend 2014 at the Bell’s Beer Garden in Kalamazoo with hometown heroes Greensky Bluegrass....
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Setlist: Greensky Bluegrass at Bell’s 6/5/14
Greensky Bluegrass hit stage last night at Bell’s with a Pollock poster for sale and a little something to prove. It was truly a Throwback Thursday, as some of the oldest songs in the bands trusty bag...
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Setlist / Review / Photos / Video / Audio: Greensky Bluegrass @ Bell’s...
Photos: Eric Fischer Truly outstanding shows don’t just achieve that status by virtue of a single song choice or inspired jam. The best of the best are a collection of moments — some arising...
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Setlist & Review: Greensky Bluegrass @ Boulevard Festival & Concord 8/22/14
By: @WeirScrewed It’s safe to say that Greensky Bluegrass entered Chicago on Friday night on something of a roll. Over the past few weeks, they have traversed the country, opening for Railroad Earth...
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