Author: Dick Bowden

Butch Robins, video star

Butch Robins presents – Blue Grass Music, its Origin and Development as a Unique and Creative Art Form Produced and directed…

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What Do These Performers Have in Common?

A Quiz for Today Quick!  Look down this list and determine what these (male) performers have in common, other than being…

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5 String Flamethrower – Rob McCoury

What a golden age we’re in for banjo recordings! After years of anticipation, it’s Rob McCoury of the Del McCoury Band,…

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The Hayloft Gang, the Story of the National Barn Dance

This terrific documentary aired on PBS in 2011. Producer Stephen Parrys Hayloft Gang Productions now offers it for sale at www.hayloftgang.com….

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Lester Armistead passes

“Lonesome” Lester Armistead of the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band passed away Friday evening at his home in Goodlettsville TN, from complications…

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Kentucky Traveler – My Life in Music, a review

Kentucky Traveler – My Life in Music by Ricky Skaggs, with Eddie Dean I enjoyed Ricky Skaggs’ autobiography Kentucky Traveler, so…

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Jenny Brook’s Bluegrass University

Beginner Classes for Adults – get the right start or review the fundamentals In Vermont’s Green Mountains, the Jenny Brook Bluegrass…

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Mike Compton at the Towne Crier

Many know Mike Compton from the Nashville Bluegrass Band and John Hartford String Band, or from duet appearances. Many students have…

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Bob Mavian passes

Sad news from Westchester County NY — Dr. Bob Mavian (aka Gibson Case of the Case Brothers) passed away in hospital…

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Who are these Spinney Brothers anyway?

Just where did Mountain Fever recording artists, leading traditional Canadian bluegrassers and late-night bear hunters The Spinney Brothers come from anyway?…

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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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