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This Christmas memory comes from Larry Stephenson. In the early 60's my dad bought me my first mandolin. It was a Gibson A-50, a little round bodied mandolin which I still have. My dad and I played a lot of music

Here are two Christmas memories from The Grascals, starting with banjo man, Aaron McDaris. My Grandpa would always read the Christmas story out of the bible to us every year before we could open our presents and looking back on it,

Our thanks to Ron Block for this powerful and concise re-statement of the principle of "God made man." We've heard it hundreds of times - the Bible story of the Redeemer's birth. The Baby in a manger, Silent Night, the

This Christmas memory comes from Missy Raines, bassist with Claire Lynch, and leader of her own group, Missy Raines & The New Hip. It's late, and Ben and I are making our way to my childhood home for a Christmas

This Christmas wish comes from Debbie Mills, whose husband Allen is the patriarch of The Lost & Found. Her post was inspired by one we published several months ago - one of our most popular posts - about their 4

This post is a contribution from Niall Toner, a popular bluegrass singer, songwriter and radio personality in Ireland. His reports from IBMA '07 will air on Ireland's RTE Radio One on 12/26-27 at 1:00 p.m. (EST). Season's Greetings, and good wishes

This contribution comes from Casey Henry, a banjo player and writer living in Nashville, TN. She grew up in a bluegrass family with her parents (Red and Murphy Henry) performing as a band and running a bluegrass business (The Murphy

The following Christmas memory comes courtesy of Katy Daley, popular host on WAMU FM in Washington, DC for many years, and now a regular on BluegrassCountry.org. In 1990 I produced a radio documentary on Arlington National Cemetery and met several of

Here is a charming look at Christmas from Curkly Seckler, tenor singer and manolinist with Flatt & Scruggs in their hey day. Curley also wrote several of their most memorable songs, like No Mother Or Dad and That Old Book

This inspriring story was written by the Rev. Belle Mickelson. She is an Episcopal minister who runs Dancing with the Spirit, an organization which teaches bluegrass to youngsters in the native villages of Alaska and Canada - and which could