Sam Grisman and Peter Rowan revive Dawg music at EKU concert Oct. 17, 2025. Grisman draws on family legacy and Old and in the Way repertoire nightly. Sam Grisman Project shows genre flexibility, ...

Mandolinist David Grisman has spent the past three decades playing what he calls “dawg” music, which is essentially a mix swing, bluegrass, Latin, jazz and gypsy. While the line-up of his band has ...

For more than 40 years, mandolinist and composer David Grisman has been busy creating “dawg” music, a blend of swing, bluegrass, Latin, jazz and gypsy. In doing so he inspired a new genre of acoustic ...

It’s hard to keep a secret. Especially a really good secret. By the time the faithful crowd of bluegrassers and jam rockers filed into the Moore Theatre on Tuesday for a rare performance from David ...

Sam Grisman Project will embark on its spring tour next week. The ensemble, which is known for performing choice covers from David “Dawg” Grisman and Jerry Garcia’s individual and intertwined archives ...

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At the Birchmere on Tuesday night, David Grisman noted that his quintet is now 26 years old, though he's the only original member left. "I just keep offering myself raises and that seems to work," ...

Does anything get the blood pulsing quite like a good setlist played with style and energy? “Don’t Let Go,” “Jackaroo,” “Catfish John,” “Grateful Dawg,” “Iko Iko” and “Gomorrah” was just a quarter of ...

Drawing inspiratiion from the realms of bluegrass Latin jazz klezmer and gypsy swing David Grisman created a revolutionary new kind of acoustic music Classic Dawg showcases the talents of David ...

On Thursday, July 19th, the David Grisman Quintet featuring guitarist Frank Vignola, will perform his unique variety of bluegrass and gypsy music referred to as “dawg music". They will perform at 7pm ...

If it's true the Grateful Dead epitomize the counter culture of the Sixties, it's also true the iconic group embraced the following decade on its very own terms, at least at the outset of the period.