Author: Chris Jones

I’ll bet you don’t remember me

I want to describe a scene at a typical bluegrass concert or festival that will probably be familiar to both artist…

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Bluegrass music’s most innovative and promising new products of 2017

From time to time, people from the Luthiers and Merchandisers constituency of the IBMA (unless I’m thinking of the Groupies and…

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The Ballad of Jayden K. Smith

The following column will be understood and appreciated only by people familiar with Facebook. Even then it may not be appreciated…

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2017 Bluegrass Today Chris Jones Column Quiz

It’s been my habit twice a year to run some sort of quiz. One is a general bluegrass knowledge quiz, which…

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Royal line of bluegrass succession, or Queen for a Day

I’m on vacation this week, without a laptop, phone, or even a wallet. I’m pretty much down to just pants, a…

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Voting appeals and poor translations

For your consideration: You don’t want to hear the rest of this, do you? Well, the good news for you is…

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Introducing the competitive spirit into bluegrass

Greetings from Bean Blossom! The Night Drivers and I are hitting the road hard this week, traveling from here to Tottenham…

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Rules for bluegrass living in 2017

“I like the rules. I think you know how I feel about that.” – Fake Santa in Santa Clause 2 In…

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Sofar Sounds or Come On-A My House

Most readers of Bluegrass Today are by now familiar with the house concert. If you aren’t, I’ll just explain that it’s…

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The view from Germany

Greetings from the Night Drivers 2017 European tour. Traveling in places where you don’t speak the language can be challenging. This…

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#1 Bluegrass Music Charts

Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music

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