Author: Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson reviews a CD from the Spring of 2007 that he wishes he had written much sooner. Hunter Berry, a native of Elizabethton, in the foothills of eastern Tennessee, began playing the fiddle at the age of nine, learning partly

AcuTab Publications has news of several new bluegrass instructional DVDs due during the summer and fall of 2008. Just completed shooting is a fiddle project with Mountain Heart's Jim Van Cleve which will go into editing shortly. Jim covered a number

Last month we gave notice of the series of Bluegrass Nights concerts at The Ryman Auditorium during the summer months. Ahead of his appearance with IIIrd Tyme Out this coming Thursday (July 10) Russell Moore reflects on what the venue means

The University of Illinois Press has been busy recently with the publication, in a short of space of time, of two books that focus on the American folk music scene. The first of these is The Never-Ending Revival: Rounder Records and

As many may be aware already, Kentucky-born Dan Hays is the Executive Director of the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) and has been in that position since August 1990. In a four-part collection of videos Hays discusses his career path, the

Well, that's the way she describes the release of her latest CD, Live, from Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands (Spruce & Maple Music SMM 2004). From the Bay Area of San Francisco, the highly rated fiddler and two-time International

Ricky Skaggs has covered bluegrass heroes Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers. Now, he has covered himself. Skaggs, who had a dozen #1 hits as a country singer before returning to his bluegrass roots in 1997, re-recorded his country hits to

Rounder Records has announced the forthcoming release of Night Flyer: The Singer-Songwriter Collection, due on August 5. The 17-track album assembles a wide range of material from Rice's catalogue of covers of the work of the many singer-songwriters with whom he

We have commented twice in recent weeks about the forthcoming McCoury Music release Moneyland. Now I can report that Del McCoury flies to New England this week to appear on the popular A Prairie Home Companion radio program to further

Despite his age, 88 and looking very well too, Curly Seckler continues to be professionally active. Recently he has appeared on the public TV affiliated Song of the Mountains show, firstly with the Steep Canyon Rangers and then with Larry Sparks. Song