Author: Richard Thompson

Unlikely as it may seem, 30 years have passed since Keith Whitley left us following a career that began with a gawky, bespectacled youth recreating with Ricky Skaggs the Stanley Brothers’ bluegrass music harmonies of the Columbia and Mercury years,

Rosťa and Iva Čapek have announced the line-up for what they are calling The American Bluegrass Festival, to take place in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 27, 2019.  Iva Čapková (Čapek) reaches out ….  "Let us invite you to The American Bluegrass Festival

Hatch Show Print, one of the oldest working letterpress poster and design shops in North America, and an American institution, celebrates its milestone 140th birthday this month. Their instantly recognizable concert posters for early bluegrass artists are among the more collectible

Thayer Washer, best known for his time with Connie Gately and Babe Lofton and the Backwoods Boys, passed away on December 12, 2017, at the age of 88. He was a resident of Madison, Tennessee.  Thayer Maxwell Washer was born on

John Duffey is one of the biggest characters in the 70-year history of bluegrass music, larger than life; physically imposing with a voice that covers the whole range required for the four standard vocal parts, and a style of mandolin

Mac Wiseman, among the last of the original era bluegrass artists, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2019.  Born Malcolm Bell Wiseman in Crimora, Virginia, on May 23, 1925, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

Kelley Gibson is the 23-year old son of Eric Gibson of the award-winning Gibson Brothers, and a talented bluegrass musician in his own right.  His father notes that Kelley was, “messing around with little guitars and ukuleles from the time he

This is fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their interests as well as about the music that they love.   Missy Raines was born in Short Gap in the

Further to our report relating to a set of playing cards that have images from the Bluegrass Country Soul video on the reverse, there is news about the actual DVD.   Bluegrass Country Soul presents the sights and sounds of a

We've written previously about Anni Beach, and the good work she does teaching bluegrass and old time music to children in the Arizona desert communities. She welcomes several dozen interested youngsters to her home near Phoenix a few days each