NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jeff Hanna, frontman of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, about the band's final tour, and how they'll continue to make music six decades into their career.

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 ...

He helped build one of music's most influential bands, and his work continues to shape generations of artists decades after ...

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band began its storied career nearly 60 years ago, and now the lauded country-rock group has decided to say goodbye to the road with a final tour. The trek, which has been dubbed ...

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 ...

In 1972, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band helped bridge generations of American music with a recording that honored the past while inspiring the future. Their version of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" became the ...

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 ...

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has announced their All the Good Times farewell tour. The trek kicks off March 21 in Bowling Green, Kentucky and winds its way across the country. The run is currently scheduled ...

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 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has released an ensemble rendition of Bob Dylan’s 1964 classic “The Times They Are A-Changin,'” including Jason Isbell, Rosanne Cash, the War and Treaty, and Steve Earle.

Happy 73rd birthday to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Linda Ronstadt, born July 15th, 1946, in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to her mid-Seventies dominance as rock’s premier female artist, Ronstadt ...