So You’re Not in Austin for SXSW?

I don’t feel too bad for you, because…

If you’re reading this on the internet (and I think you are), you have access to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2013 live webcast archive, where you can stream full sets from:

• Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band
• Seldom Scene
• Freakwater
• Natalie Maines
• The Flatlanders
• Steve Earle & the Dukes
• Los Lobos
• Jerry Douglas Band
• Boz Scaggs
• Nick Lowe
• Bettye LaVette
• The Handsome Family
• Tim O’Brien with Bryan Sutton and Mike Bub
• Alison Brown
• Spirit Family Reunion
• The Brothers Comatose
• The Time Jumpers
• Trampled by Turtles
• Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys
• Chris Isaak
• Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott
• Justin Townes Earle
• Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers with Edie Brickell
• Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers
• Dry Branch Fire Squad
• Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands
• Mike Farris
• Shovels & Rope

And more. That’s not even the whole list. I learned about this in October and still haven’t seen everything. No booking a flight or braving the oppressive crowds or getting weed blown in your face by a guy who introduces himself only as Figleaf. Just you and the music.

Here’s the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2013 Webcast Archive. Have a good time.