NEWS
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Roots 'N Blues 'N BBQ Channel - Webisode 1
Tue, Jul 22 2008
Featuring Miss Missouri 2006 Sarah French and Queen of BBQ Jori Hoeft
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Jerry Douglas to liven Ford Theater as Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2008 artist-in-residence
Fri, Jun 20 2008
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: The Newsroom
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 19, 2008-His incomparable resume includes 12 Grammy Awards, appearances on more than 2000 albums and a decade as the featured soloist with Alison Krauss & Union Station. Later this summer, three-time (and reigning) CMA Musician of the Year Jerry Douglas will add a new accolade to the list: The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s 2008 artist-in-residence. more>> -
Festival signs blues icon
Thu, Mar 27 2008
By PETE BLAND of the Tribune’s staff
They have their money, and now Roots ’N Blues ’N BBQ organizers have added the big-name headliner they hope will make the second edition of the free music festival a success.
Blues icon Buddy Guy will wrap up this year’s blues festival, set for Oct. 3 and 4 in downtown Columbia. more>> -
Weekend festival boosts downtown businesses
Mon, Sep 10 2007
BY ANNEE TOUSSEAU
COLUMBIA — The Roots ’N’ Blues ’N’ BBQ festival brought the scent of barbecue smoke to downtown Columbia this weekend, and, according to several downtown businesses, it also brought the smell of greenbacks.
Mike Ebert, owner of the Regency Hotel Downtown, compared the business at his hotel over the weekend to business during a home Big 12 football game.
“It couldn’t have been better,” he said, noting that the 100-room hotel was sold out Friday and Saturday nights. About 85 percent of the guests were either musicians or festival attendees. more>> -
Festival topped 60,000 - Bank pleased with estimated turnout
Mon, Sep 10 2007
By JASON ROSENBAUM of the Tribune’s staff
The Roots ’N Blues ’N BBQ Festival is in the books. Whether it will return for another year is an open question.Organizers were pleased with the first iteration of the fest specializing in saucy food and bluesy music. Organizers are still mulling attendance estimates, but Mary Wilkerson, vice president of marketing for Boone County National Bank, said the total went well beyond hopes of 30,000 festival-goers. more>>