Bluegrass At Large

July 9, 2023, marked the 100th anniversary of the date when musician, instrument designer and sound engineer Lloyd Allayre Loar signed off as tested and approved, an iconic batch of Lloyd Loar Gibson F-5 mandolins.  The batch includes the most famous

John Meador, guitarist and vocalist with Authentic Unlimited, and his wife Gracie, also a talented bluegrass artist, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Adam Gabriel Meador was born on July 5 in Carthage, TN. He weighed in at 8lbs,

The Bourgeois Guitars company has been building handmade acoustic instruments in Maine for the past 50 years. Founder Dana Bourgeois, a native Mainer, is recognized worldwide as a luthier of the highest order, and his company has built quite a

Congratulations to Brandy and Jonathan Bucker on the birth of their first child! Noah Henry Buckner was born on June 21 at 1:44 a.m. at Princeton Community Hospital in West Virginia. He weighed in at 8lbs 9oz, stretching out to 20.5''

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

UPDATE 5:41 p.m. - Joy has just told us that Jesse passed peacefully with her at his bedside at 3:58 p.m. today. We will publish a more detailed remembrance of this pioneer and founder in the bluegrass world soon. Very sad news

Sister Sadie had a unique opportunity recently to collaborate with Sing Me A Story, and a young girl named Victoria, to help raise money for her health care, and that of her little sister. Both girls suffer from a genetic defect

It's a rare one of us who doesn't remember our high school graduation, though some may recall the occasion with more fondness than others. Except for graduates who missed having a ceremony altogether during the COVID shutdowns, it's generally a

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