Join us down under for a very special Bluegrass Underground on Saturday, Feb 27^TH featuring The John Cowan Band, Mike Farris and The McCrary Sisters, and The Greencards.

Each artist will perform a 45 minute set and the event will be filmed in resplendent high definition by emmy award winning filmmaker Todd Jarrell in partnership with Cookeville, Tn PBS affiliate WCTE.

Bluegrass Underground looks forward to a great day in the cave with an eclectic and incredible line-up of some great Bluegrass and Americana talent. Join us for what promises to be a great day of sounds and sights from the Volcano Room at World Famous Cumberland Caverns!

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We will be making announcements for the 2010 season of Bluegrass Underground VERY soon, please check back.  Show dates will be posted as soon as they are confirmed.  We will also email all previous patrons as well.

Bluegrass Underground is featured this week on Tennessee Crossroads. The award-winning PBS show came down to The Volcano Room with Joe Elmore and crew on March 14th, which of course was the Travelin McCoury’s and Ronnie Bowman. The segment airs on Thursday night , June 11th at 7pm CST and again on Saturday morning at 10am CST. It’s also online at http://wnpt.org/productions/crossroads/2009_jun.html

We had a spectacular turnout and were completely sold out  for the Cherryholmes and Michael Cleveland show this past weekend.  Thanks to everybody who came out to see such a spectacular show from both bands.  Photos will be posted shortly.

Volcano Room
12p-12:45:  Christabel and The Jons
1pm-1:45: Pokey Lafarge
2-2:45: Missy Raines and The New Hip
3-3:45: Tn Mafia Jug Band
4-4:45: Josh Williams Band
5-5:45: John Cowan Band

Amphitheatre
12-12:45: Tn Mafia Jug Band
1-1:45: Josh Williams Band
2-2:45: John Cowan Band
3-3:45: Christabel and The Jons
4-4:45 Pokey Lafarge
5-5:45 Missy Raines and The New Hip

Please join us in helping to celebrate two birthdays this 4^th of July: America and Cumberland Caverns. Cumberland Caverns opened as a show cave on July 4^th 1956 and will celebrate it’s 53 rd year while America will celebrate 233 years of being the best country on earth! WSM will broadcast the special edition LIVE from the Volcano Room with Six great artists who represent the best in Bluegrass and Roots music: The John Cowan Band, The Tn Mafia String Band, The Josh Williams Band, Missy Raines and The New Hip, Pokey Lafarge and Christabel and The Jons.

There will be a second stage above ground and all artists will play a set at both stages, below and above ground.

• Tickets are just $30 for both stages and all day

• 12 and under tickets are $15

• Kids 5 and under are free

• Free caricature drawings for all kids from Tracy Latham

• A kids play area with games, inflatables, snowcones, cotton candy and more!

• Hourly drawings in the Volcano Room for great prizes

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Here is your chance to tell us who you would like to see play their music down in the cave.  While we certainly can’t guarantee anything, we will do everything possible to get your favorite artists down there.

Please tell us your choice using the poll located on the right side of this page.

The Volcano Room is only part of the great Cumberland Caverns. Now available are discounted cavern tours when you purchase tickets to any Bluegrass Underground show. Regularly $15, get them for $10 with any ticket purchase. Don’t miss out on all that Cumberland Caverns has to offer!

The Travelin’ McCourys and Ronnie Bowman are taking the show underground Saturday, March 14 with a performance on Bluegrass Underground. The venue is 333 feet underground in the Volcano Room at Cumberland Caverns near McMinnville, Tenn. Tickets for the 2:00 pm show are $15 and available online at Bluegrass Underground’s web site.

The Bluegrass Underground is recorded for broadcast on WSM 650 AM and streamed online at WSMonline.com at 5:00 pm (central) time every Saturday.

About The Travelin’ McCourys

Ron McCoury on mandolin, Rob McCoury on banjo, Jason Carter on fiddle, and Alan Bartram on bass , with featured guests on guitar and vocals, is the latest incarnation of the most awarded band in the history of bluegrass -The Del McCoury Band. Known for their individual prowess on their instruments and their rapidly expanding reputation as collaborators with the members of numerous musical icons from Vince Gill to the Allman Brothers and Phish, this touring unit blends the best of the Appalachian tradition with the improvisational magic of jazz. Unique live collaborations are the hallmark of their performances, and demonstrates why critics and musicians across the country hail them as the best bluegrass band in the world.

About Ronnie Bowman

As a songwriter Ronnie Bowman has earned a great deal of respect not only among Bluegrass professionals, but also in Country Music. Both Brooks & Dunn, and Kenny Chesney have brought Ronnie Bowman originals to #1, and Lee Ann Womack also included a song by Ronnie on the multiplatinum selling album “I hope you Dance”. Ronnie Bowman has achieved remarkable heights in his musical career as an award-winning Bluegrass songwriter and vocalist, and a respected, successful writer in Country music. Continuing to play the festivals that endear him to the music he loves, (and has contributed so much to over the years) remains an important focal point for him.

via Travelin’ McCourys, Ronnie Bowman gear up for some spelunking | BluegrassJournal.com.

Missed the Steeldrivers show the first time?  Now’s your chance to hear their amazing Bluegrass Underground performance again or for the first time on Legendary WSM radio!  Tune in to WSM 650 at 5pm Feb. 14 to hear a re-braodcast of the Steeldrivers performing live 333 feet underground at Cumberland Caverns.  Don’t miss it again!

Catch Bluegrass Underground at our new time slot…  Every Saturday at 5pm starting Feb. 14 on legendary WSM 650!

Show sponsor Fall Creek Falls is offering a special Bluegrass Underground Package to Bluegrass Underground patrons on either the Friday night before each show, the Saturday each show, or both!

Each package includes one room at The Inn at Fall Creek Falls double occupancy with (2) breakfast  the following morning.    The special rate is $66 plus tax and tips  Call 800-250-8610 to reserve your room and ask for the Bluegrass Underground Package!”

Each Package includes the following:

• (1) double occupancy room at the Inn at Fall Creek Falls
• (2) breakfasts
• $66 Special Rate
  * tax and tip not included

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Here are some samples from the Tim O’Brien broadcast that will air on WSM, Sirius and XM on Friday and Saturday Dec. 26 and 27th.  Audio recording and mixing by Grammy winning engineer Phil Harris.

Tim O’Brien and Friends - Making Plans (Tim O’Brien Original)

Tim O’Brien and Friends - Christmas Time’s a Comin’

Doing their part to keep underground music alive, Pavement offshoot the Silver Jews are due to play a super-subterranean show on January 31 at McMinnville, Tennessee’s Cumberland Caverns.

The lo-fi country-rock outfit will tape an afternoon performance for a midnight radio broadcast of “Bluegrass Underground” on Nashville’s WSM radio [via Pitchfork.com]. The show is open to the public, so dig out that spelunking gear and come on down, literally.

Original Article:
http://www.spin.com/articles/silver-jews-play-underground-cave