Category: Artist Spotlight and Interviews

20 Questions with Katy Daley – Sammy Shelor

With this post we introduce a new feature, which will appear sporadically at Bluegrass Today. The column may be new, but…

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Having a Coffee with ……………. Jimmy Bowen

This is fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their…

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Geoff Bartley and Boston’s Golden Age of Bluegrass

In bluegrass songs, good times are either past and gone or expected in a future beyond the grave, but in the…

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New music coming from Tommy Brown & County Line Grass

In the earliest days of bluegrass music it was the product of an authentically rural culture. The only artists making this…

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The Birchmere celebrates 50th anniversary

The legendary bluegrass music listening venue in Alexandria, Virginia, The Birchmere, passed its 50th anniversary on April 4. Initially, the bar,…

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100 Years of the Martin Dreadnought guitar

The Martin Dreadnought guitar. It has been said that it has changed the face of popular music. Hank Williams had one…

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Gospel Choices #5 – Shannon Slaughter

Here’s the fifth contribution of a periodical feature, where we ask bluegrass personalities to choose their top five Gospel songs. This…

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Dinwiddie Festival grew from a lifetime of bluegrass

When I first met Allen Carpenter at SPBGMA earlier this year, I immediately wondered how a racetrack operator found his way…

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Marc Pruett – a Carolina treasure

This article is a contribution from Cindy Faulkner, a writer and bluegrass fan living near Raleigh, NC.  After Marc Pruett received a…

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Sister Sadie launches powerful debut

This recent interview with Sister Sadie is a contribution from Nancy Cardwell, long time employee and former Executive Director of the…

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