With the closing notes of their set at the sold out House Of Blues, Greensky Bluegrass put an exclamation point on another edition of Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival.Starting way back in January, the series of shows under the CBB banner spanned some of our favorite city venues and showcased local and national acts...

By Matt Fricksw/ additional reporting by @WeirScrewedGreensky Bluegrass returned to the Chicago for the first time since the two-headlining-gigs-in-one-night of last summer's Boulevard Festival. The bluegrass quintet graced the House of Blues with two sets that spanned the duration of their career while also highlighting nearly the entirety of their most recent release, If Sorrows...

Much more from this hometown show later, but here's the song list. They appeared to be filming the show extremely professionally (multiple camera, one on a moving crane) for a forthcoming DVD release. A few songs I just couldn't place, including the second song of the encore, performed (as was "Demons") in a traditional single...

There's been lots of hay made with the various Halloween shows of 2014, but one that's been somewhat overlooked was performed by one of our favorite bands.It was a holiday of road-warrior heroics for Greensky Bluegrass -- supporting String Cheese Incident at their Hulaween Festival, then hopping a plane for a pair of Las Vegas...

Photos by Rickie KostinerStreet festivals have always been a Chicago summer rite of passage. We've got four, maybe five months of weather to support them and plenty of places for them to pop up and take on different neighborhood flavors.But it wasn't too long ago that they all pretty much boasted a similar lineup...

By: @WeirScrewedPhotos: Ashley M. DowningIts safe to say that Greensky Bluegrass entered Chicago on Friday night on something of a roll.Over the past few weeks, they have traversed the country, opening for Railroad Earth at Red Rocks, playing an absolute heater of a show the next night in Boulder, and following that up with...

Photos: Eric FischerTruly outstanding shows don't just achieve that status by virtue of a single song choice or inspired jam. The best of the best are a collection of moments -- some arising spontaneously as the music is created, some as punctuation in the continuing narrative of the band's career.Over the course of the...

Blown away.I'll write up a full recap of Saturday's show when I have a bit of time to catch my breath (It's been two days and still can't quite process how incredible it was).But here's the rundown on Friday and Saturday's set lists and links to audio via archive.org. Three nights with...

Greensky Bluegrass hit stage last night at Bell's with a Pollock poster for sale and a little something to prove.It was truly a Throwback Thursday, as some of the oldest songs in the bands trusty bag found there way into the first set, a front to back cover of 2004's Less Than Supper album....

Want!Want! Want! Want!Luckily, I'll in a position to grab one of these Saturday night for opening weekend 2014 at the Bell's Beer Garden in Kalamazoo with hometown heroes Greensky Bluegrass.Legendary rock poster artist Jim Pollock has created this design in a limited edition run (100 available each night). I just love how it incorporates...