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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass headliners

Here are a just few top names among dozens of acts on six stages: FRIDAY The Time Jumpers with Vince Gill, Dennis Crouch, Paul Franklin, Larry Franklin, Andy Reiss, Dawn Sears, Kenneth Sears, Joe Spivey, Jeff Taylor and  Billy Thomas, 4:15 p.m., Banjo Stage   Elvis Costello 5:45 p.m., Banjo Stage   Conor Oberst 5:45 p.m., Rooster Stage SATURDAY Read More

Warren Hellman honored with San Francisco concert

Philanthropist and bluegrass lover Warren Hellman was honored Sunday with a free concert featuring a host of regulars at Hellman's own Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival.The day-long tribute to Hellman, who died of leukemia at the age of 77 in December, featured John Doe, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch, Boz Scaggs, Robert Earl Keen and Emmylou Harris and Hellman's band, The Wronglers. Read More

San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival seamlessly melds old and new

DeVotchKa plays at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Jimmie Dale Gilmore gave Saturday’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass audience a little insight into how “hardly” came to be part of the festival’s name. Festival benefactor Warren Hellman was trying to accommodate Gilmore, a Texas singer-songwriter lacking formal bluegrass credentials. So he renamed his “Strictly Bluegrass” festival and opened the door to a broader range of acts. Read More
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