Railroad Earth

Floydfest 7 was, no doubt, a Family Affair.

The Yarmony Grass Music Festival takes place August 15-17 at Copper Mountain Resort — high in the Colorado Rockies.

The Mimi Fishman Foundation has launched another in their continuing series of online charity auctions. The auction, which concludes April 4, 2008, includes a signed guitar donated by Jordan Stutz and the Victory School for children with Autism.

7th Annual FloydFest happens July 24-27 in the Blue Ridge

Colorado based not-for-profit Conscious Alliance continues its mission to help feed America’s hungry communities, hosting food drives at various music events this winter/spring. Look for Conscious Alliance at the Langerado Music Festival at the Big Cypress Indian Reservation in Florida on March 6th -9th , along STS9 and EOTO Winter Tours, and at select one-off concert events including Keller Williams and The WMD’S on February 2nd at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado and New Monsoon (featuring Tim Carbone from Railroad Earth and EOTO with special guest Michael Kang) on February 9th at The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA. As always, patrons can donate 10 non-perishable food items or $10.00 to receive a limited edition rock art poster.

Today, the sixth annual Langerado Music Festival announces its initial artist lineup. The 2008 event takes place March 6–9. After five years of strong growth and consistently eclectic musical lineups, Langerado organizers have moved the event to the expansive Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation for this sixth year.

Come July, I can always feel the magnetic pull of Floydfest World Music & Arts festival; 2007 was no different. The journey down the Blue Ridge Parkway is glorious; lush green trees atop majestic mountains usher you into one of the most peaceful and inspiring weekends of the summer. The sky looked a bit iffy, so I prayed for sunlight to bless the fine folks who have worked for months and months to provide this magical experience for music lovers. Each time we stopped for gas we saw a pack of our Floydfest friends on their journey; it feels great to be a part of the family!

As Railroad Earth sets out on there Spring/Summer tour, we interview John Skehan, mandolin player, of Railroad Earth. He explains the times on the road, his feeling at festivals, and states how everything leads back to Garcia.