Author: David Morris

Full Cord Bluegrass performs at the 2022 IBMA Momentum Awards (9/28/22) - photo © Frank Baker IBMA's annual Momentum Awards luncheon always serves as a powerful reminder that the future of bluegrass is in good hands. This year, as the pain

Craig Havighurst with Dale Ann Bradley and C.J. Lewandowski at the WOB Keynote Address - photo © Frank Baker Dale Ann Bradley grew up in a Primitive Baptist Church where her father was the preacher and musical instruments were not allowed. Then

Music is a salve, and the right music can fill you with hope and joy. That's exactly what Welcome to the Show from the Little Roy and Lizzy Show does. My first listen to this new CD from Mountain Home Music

Billy Strings is offering bluegrass fans a chance to help Kentucky flood victims and get something in return, but they have to act fast.   Through August 5, the young star is donating all proceeds from online merchandise sales to the

Like so many of us, in and out of bluegrass, the members of Unspoken Tradition had big plans for 2020, touring in support of, and planning their follow-up to, 2019's superb Myths We Tell Our Young. But COVID interrupted those plans,

After a six-year hiatus, the Doc and Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest ‘n Sugar Grove returns next month to the mountains of western North Carolina. The July 16 festival includes a lineup featuring The Del McCoury Band, Kruger Brothers, and Terry Baucom and

Sometimes you can look at the name of an artist or a producer and be pretty sure what's coming. Song after song in the same style, often at similar tempos and mostly in one or two keys. Needless to say,

Over more than a decade of reviewing bluegrass music, I've concluded that the songs that speak to me most directly tend to offer some mix of desire, desperation, and hope. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that Something You Didn’t

Over the years with the Infamous Stringdusters, Jeremy Garrett's muscular, bluesy fiddle work became an instantly recognizable part of his musical identity. So I was eager to hear how that sound played out on River Wild, his back-to-his-bluegrass-roots CD for

What started as a way to memorialize her grandfather has become a permanent part of Michelle Canning's annual musical calender. The Nashville-based songwriter and bandleader will host her 11th annual fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, A Night On The