MerleFest week - Alan Jackson and Music City Roots

Sierra has a big week on tap, beginning tonight with Music City Root's special MerleFest show.  MCR puts on this show every year featuring artists who will be appearing on MerleFest later in the week. You can stream the show live here. Sierra and band are performing this show tonight, but she's gonna miss the finale, because as soon as her set is over, she is running to meet the bus to MerleFest as she's playing mandolin on Alan Jackson's set on Thursday night.  You might remember Alan released "The Bluegrass Sessions" album last fall and is performing those songs at MerleFest.  Should be a show to remember.

The fun doesn't stop there though, on Saturday night Sierra rounds out the weekend at the Charm City Bluegrass Festival with a band set as well as a late night set as part of the Everyone Orchestra.

Sierra hits the road with Courtney Hartman

Nashville, TN...Sierra Hull and Della Mae's Courtney Hartman are hitting the road for some special duo shows. Both are virtuosos on their respective instruments, and fans are sure to be in for a treat with these unique shows. The two Berklee College of Music alums are good friends, and have wanted to do this for a little while.  With both touring regularly with their own bands, this was one of the few time periods that lined up for both.  Their four day run starts Thursday March 20th in Northampton, MA and winds up Sunday, March 23rd in Sellersville, PA.

Here's a full itinerary.

March 20 - The Parlor at Signature Sounds, Northampton, MA

March 21 - Spaceland Ballrom, Hamden, CT

March 22 - Sylvester Manor Educational Farm - Shelter Island, NY

March 23 - Sellversville Theater, Sellersville, PA

www.courtneyhartman.com

Watch Sierra on Country Family Reunion

Nashville, TN...Country’s Family Reunion (the DVD/Television series that brings America’s most-treasured artists together to reunite and reminisce) will premiere episodes of its latest offering “Country’s Family Reunion: Simply Bluegrass” beginning Friday, March 7 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on RFD-TV and FamilyNet. Hosted by Hall of Fame Inductee Bill Anderson and 14-time Grammy winner Ricky Skaggs, this reunion features a cross-section of award-winning and legendary Bluegrass artists, from “finger-pickers,” to “purists,” to “New-Grass” contemporaries.

The series includes performances by Dierks Bentley, Dailey & Vincent, The Whites, Del McCoury, Sam Bush, Rhonda Vincent, The Roys (Lee & Elaine), Jerry Douglas, The Grascals (Jamie Johnson, Terry Eldridge, Terry Smith), Mac Wiseman, Ramona Jones, Bobby Osborne, Paul Brewster, Ronnie Reno, Doyle Lawson, Sierra Hull, Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson, The Gibson Brothers and Jesse McReynolds, backed by the genre’s foremost musicians Barry Bales (Bass), Bryan Sutton (Acoustic Guitar), Adam Steffey (Mandolin), Stuart Duncan (Fiddle) and Ron Stewart (Banjo).