• BP spills bluegrass along the Gulf Coast

    We all recall the localized devastation of communities along the US coast of the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of the Deep Water Horizon oil rig in April 2010, and the resulting discharge of nearly 5 million barrels of

  • Seldom Scene hits middle age

    You never know what songs you’ll hear when the Seldom Scene is playing. Not only is the band entering it’s 41st year – giving the Scene one of the deepest catalogs around – but members regularly add new material to

  • Revelation at the Ryman

    If America has a post-country, post-bluegrass songwriter laureate, one who has absorbed and transcended the idioms of those genres to create a body of work that both mythologizes and humanizes a segment of American life as well as novelists like

  • Christmas, A Time For Giving

    Christmas is a time for giving, for helping to provide for those less fortunate than ourselves. With that in mind, it is worthwhile remembering the annual benefit concert organized by Martha and Eddie Adcock. The Adcocks, accompanied by Donna Sonner, and

  • Bill Monroe Appreciation Night at the Station Inn

    Tomorrow (12/3) marks the 15th Annual Bill Monroe Appreciation Night at Nashville's Station Inn. Each year during the holiday season, Music City's bluegrass royalty get together to honor the man who started it all. Saturday night's show will be hosted by Roland

  • Leftover Salmon in Denver

    I live 5 hours from Denver and in the summer it is an easy, sometimes busy drive. This time of year it can be clear, beautiful and not a bit problematic. It can also involve full-on winter conditions. For my

  • Seldom Scene 40th Anniversary bash

    This report is a contribution from Katy Daley, morning host on WAMU's Bluegrass Country, and long-time observer of the DC bluegrass scene. It's appropriate the Scene's 40th Anniversary show was held Thanksgiving weekend, a time traditionally set aside for family and