Bob Carpenter is a musician with tons of Philly connections. He was born here and attended Drexel University, where he studied engineering when he wasn’t playing gigs with his first garage band, “The ...

The countless venues played, airports traveled and hotels visited have become like white noise for Bob Carpenter for more than four decades as a member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Life on the road ...

Time is running out for fans of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band to catch it live. The iconic group, which has been performing for 60 years, is slated to play the final show on its “All The Good Times: The ...

With a refreshed lineup and newfound energy, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band remains one of the most accomplished bands in American roots music. Following an extended 50th anniversary tour, the ensemble ...

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is a quintessential American group. Formed in 1966 in Long Beach, Calif., the country-rock band — equally as influential in folk-rock's transition to country-rock as the ...

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has announced additional tour dates including stops in Des Moines, New York City, Morristown and more, and that the tour will be extending into 2025. With their recent ...

Nearly 50 years since the release of their iconic Will The Circle Be Unbroken album, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band are looking back on not only their legacy, but that of another iconic, history-making ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Thursday evening's first of two performances at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, marking an end to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's ...

Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! + Encore Sunday, June 30 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band trades on a mix of reimagined classics and ...

ASHLAND — When the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was formed in southern California, they were known as a jug band and a borderline novelty act. By the time the group released its first album in 1967, however ...

Jimmie Fadden went professional at the age of 18, not expecting at the time to make a 50-year-and-counting career out of music. To Fadden and the others who formed the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1966, ...

For nearly six decades, the three-time GRAMMY Award-winning Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has entertained audiences with their top-shelf musicianship and timeless hits “Mr. Bojangles,” “Fishin' In The Dark,” ...