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Author Archive: John Goad
John Goad is a graduate of the East Tennessee State University Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music program, and is now pursuing a Masters degree in Appalachian Studies at ETSU.
Cold Cold Feeling – Truman’s Ridge
Traditional bluegrass seems to be making a comeback these days, spurred on with the help of regional bands who are firmly based in the rules set down by Bill Monroe. Truman’s Ridge, a four piece group from the Chicago area, is one of those bands. [...]
Lowground – Kathy Boyd and Phoenix Rising
Lowground, the fourth release from Oregon-based band Kathy Boyd and Phoenix Rising, has been described by the group as “the darker side of acoustic music.” With numerous songs describing the aftermath of bad decisions, set to a blend of old time and bluegrass music, this [...]
Bluegrass Weather Report for April 12, 2013
Here’s our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with a quick look at two events occurring this weekend.
The Stoneman Tradition
The Carter Family has arguably the best known family music legacy in traditional music, with such artists as Lorrie Carter Bennett (Maybelle’s granddaughter, who is a part of the recent Daughters of Bluegrass compilation) carrying on their time-honored songs even today. However, another participant from [...]
Doyle Lawson at ETSU
There are not many music genres in which fans are able to consistently interact with their heroes face-to-face, and even less where stars and legends will willingly sit down and talk or play music with fans. Thankfully, bluegrass is one of those genres. It’s not [...]
Glenn Valley – Smith Family Band
This past September, a new documentary filmed by and featuring some of today’s hottest young pickers premiered at IBMA. Conceived and directed by Corey Smith, a 17-year-old guitarist from North Carolina (with the help of Zeb Snyder, another young North Carolina guitarist), Generation Bluegrass proved [...]
Back to Jubilee Road – Pete Goble
One of bluegrass music’s most respected and prolific songwriters is Pete Goble. Along with his longtime writing partner, the late Leroy Drumm, Goble penned such modern classics as Tennessee 1949, Big Spike Hammer, and Colleen Malone. Although numerous artists have included his tunes on their [...]
Bluegrass Weather Report: 3/22/13
Our Special Bluegrass Correspondent and his two assistants report on this weekend’s Great Northern Bluegrass Music Festival, and cold weather picking techniques.
Lonely Tonight – Grassville
Many bluegrass bands today strive to find a sound somewhere between traditional and contemporary, looking toward the past while still managing to provide fresh material for modern audiences. A new band with that mix of contemporary and traditional sound is Grassville, a four-piece group from [...]
The Story of the Day That I Died
With all the genre blurring present in modern bluegrass music, which finds artists mixing hints of country, pop, folk, and numerous other genres into the standard 1-4-5 drive, fans of the old sound have wondered if there’s any place for traditional bluegrass in today’s world. [...]
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