Author: David Morris

Imagine working with six or eight co-writers, with a goal of finishing a song and having a band learn, arrange and perform it — all in about eight hours spread over two days. Oh yeah, and the “studio” is a gritty

I’m not a big Keller Williams fan. With his reliance on electronic looping and hokey humor, he’s an acquired taste that I haven’t quite acquired. On the other hand, I’m a big fan of Del McCoury’s band, both when they play

Who would have guessed that when Dick Spottswood and Gary Henderson teamed up for a half-hour radio program devoted to bluegrass music on July 2, 1967, they and offshoots of their little show would still be going strong 45 years

No beating around the bush. Larry Stephenson’s latest CD is the most surprising and one of the very best projects I’ve heard so far this year. When Larry’s name is on the label, you know just what to expect for your

Time is running out to submit nominations for special awards that will be presented at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass conference in Nashville this September. E-mail nominations must be received by this Friday, June 29. Nominations sent by U.S. mail need to

Last fall, as a keynote speaker at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass conference in Nashville, Chris Pandolfi acknowledged that the Infamous Stringdusters had no interest in attempting to reach all bluegrass fans with their music. “We’re not trying to reposition old bluegrass

As the search for IBMA’s new executive director extends into the summer, it is increasingly likely that the position will not be filled before the association’s signature annual event – the World of Bluegrass business conference and FanFest in late

The music world yet lost another legend this evening with the passing of guitar virtuoso Doc Watson, who was 89. The eight-time Grammy winner died shortly after 7:00 p.m. (EDT) at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC

A year or two back in Virginia, the renowned jam band Phish and a bluegrass festival shared a parking lot between venues. If you can imagine what the middle of the night, cross-pollinated jam sessions sounded like, you have a

Another bluegrass legend is gone. Doug Dillard, 75, died Wednesday night after being rushed to a hospital in Nashville. Doug co-founded The Dillard's, whose first fame came on The Andy Griffith Show, where the band performed as The Darlings. Those TV