Great Blue Heron Festival 2009 Lineup Announced
Our family looks forward to this festival every year. Probably one of the best kept festival secrets in north east. Donna The Buffalo who hosts the event is joined this year by Rusted Root, The Horseflies, & Town Pants among many others. The Great Blue Heron Festival is approaching its 18th year joining the Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival as one of the longest running festivals in America. It’s a 3 day festival and takes place July 4th weekend. The festival features over 100 performers, a main stage, a dance tent, old time jam/songwriters circle, drum workshop hosted by Jim Donovan, 300+ acres in the heart of Amish country side, hiking trails, swimming area with sandy…
Kevin Kinsella Live @ Great Blue Heron Music Festival 07.04.2008
If you love John Brown’s Body and 10. Foot Ganja Plant your going to dig what we’re bringing you today. We’ve saved the best of 2008 for last. This is a holiday gift from Kevin Kinsella former front man and founding member of JBB. Kevin’s solo material with backing from Food, Cloths & Shelter gets back to the spiritual roots reggae that JBB was founded on. This set includes new music from the Ithaca native along with 10. Foot Ganja Plant’s theme song “Walky Walk Tall”, some new tracks, as well as some JBB favorites. One of my favorite tracks in this set is a remake of the Johnny Cash song “I Guess Things Happen…
Jim Donovan & Drum The Estatic Live @ Great Blue Heron Music Festival
GBH is one of the best kept secrets in NY and we’re giving you the sounds that show you why. Check out this recording of Jim Donovan of Rusted Root fame laying it down in this live recording. Jim Donovan also hosted a most excellent drumming workshop on Sunday at the festival. To find out when Drum The Estatic is playing near you or hosting a drum workshop check out Jim’s website at www.JimDonovanMusic.com Many thanks to Jim for his generosity in allowing us to record and make this show available for download. If you like what you here I’d recommend picking up their latest CDÂ which can be found on their website. For the…
Great Blue Heron 2007 – Review, Video, & MP3′s
The weather was perfect with three days of sun, blugrass and zydeco music at The Great Blue Heron festival. The first day we saw a couple of great performances by Kelly and The Cowboys, Slo-mo, John & Mary and The Valkyries, and the Sim Redmond Band. On Saturday there was a drumming workshop with Jim Donovan (of Rusted Root.) About 40 people packed into the tent for 2 hours of a drumming. Saturday also featured a performance by Big Leg Emma, Entrain, The Avett Brothers, and of course Donna The Buffalo with the last set of the evening. Here’s a 2 sets for download from the festival from Jim McGee: Donna The Buffalo – Great…
Preview: The Great Blue Heron Festival ’07
Just 4 more days untill I pack up the fam and we head down to the Great Blue Heron Music Festival in Sherman, NY. This is the 16th anual event hosted by jam band/old time music greats Donna The Buffalo. This years lineup features two headlining shows by Donna The Buffalo with all night Buffalo Zydeco in the dance tent. The up and coming “grunge grass” The Avett Brothers will be performing for the 2nd year in a row. Other artist performing include Entrain, Big Leg Emma, Jim Donovan (formely of Rusted Root) and some of the best zydeco in america – Buffalo Zydeco. Be sure to check back for exclusive artist performances and download…
