The International Bluegrass Music Association is now accepting applications for their 2025 International Band Performance Grant, which awards $5,000 to a non-US bluegrass act who would like to visit the United States and perform as part of the 2025 World
This article is a contributions from Bluegrass Canada, the bluegrass music association of Canada, and their quarterly magazine by the same name. Editor Mike Higgins has promised to send us regular updates from the scene up north, and assures us
This article marks the second of what we expect will be regular contributions from Bluegrass Canada, the bluegrass music association of Canada, and their quarterly magazine by the same name. Editor Mike Higgins has promised to send us updates from the
Fog Holler at the Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival in the Netherlands - photo © Kianna Mott-Smith Fog Holler is a young bluegrass band from Portland, OR with a modern approach to this traditional art form. Or as they like to say, "It’s a
Fog Holler is a young bluegrass band from Portland, OR with a modern approach to this traditional art form. Or as they like to say, "It’s a new shade of grass.” They include Tommy Schulz (guitar), Lillian Sawyer (fiddle), Noa (bass
Fog Holler at Grevengrass in Greven, Germany - photo by Kianna Mott-Smith Fog Holler is a young bluegrass band from Portland, OR with a modern approach to this traditional art form. Or as they like to say, It’s a new shade of
This report on the fate of the popular Barcelona Bluegrass Jam is a contribution from Michael Luchtan, an American bluegrass enthusiast living in Spain. This regular meeting had recently lost its long time home, which had provided a home for
Japan has been a bluegrass music hot-bed for more than 50 years, and one of the principal practitioners and proponents during that time has been Kazuhiro Inaba. Continuing his studious promotion of the music that he loves, Inaba will present the
This report s a contribution from Michael Luchtan, an American living in the Catalan region of Spain. April 23rd is a big day in Barcelona, as we celebrate St. Jordi, the patron saint of Catalonia, with a national holidays of books
Our friends with the Al Ras Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association in Barcelona are hosting a raffle this year to raise money for their various efforts to spread the word about bluegrass and traditional music along the northern Mediterranean
