Bluegrass At Large

Lori Lambert, and her husband, Brad, have been involved in bluegrass in northwestern Ohio for most of the lives. Together they manage and perform with the band, New Outlook, which has been under their ownership since 2009. They also jointly own

The Ohio bluegrass community has seen unprecedented growth in the last few years. The number of festivals that have been started, and the growth of the music are skyrocketing, because of people with a passion for the music and the

 Pete Wernick has given a great deal to the banjo and bluegrass communities over the course of his lengthy career. The author of several top-selling instructional books for banjo, he was also a founding member of Hot Rize, and the

Today as I drove into the quaint Victorian town of Guthrie, Oklahoma, billows of smoke could be seen. There was a silence on the paved brick streets. Fire trucks, with lights flashing, news cameras on every corner, people gasping in

Eric Troutman, bass player with The Country Gentlemen Tribute Band, and his wife, Kristal, have welcomed their first daughter into the world. Willow Evieanna Troutman was born on February 18 at 11:29 a.m. in Harrisburg, PA. She came in weighing 9lb 2oz, and

Steve Dilling has given his whole life to bluegrass music. He clearly loves the music, and people who cherish it love him back. Now we have a chance to repay his dedication during a time of need. He first popped up

From Virginia today comes that somber news that John Starling, a founding member of the Seldom Scene, is seriously ill. “It’s been a long two months, but my father, John Starling, is currently home and in hospice,” his son, Jay Starling

Though you may not see them out at the festivals that often, there are few bluegrass bands that perform more regularly, or before more people each year than The Petersens. The family band has worked the Little Opry Theatre in Branson,

As a young man cutting his teeth on everything "Stanley", I spent my youth at every Ralph Stanley show I could attend, trying to find every slice of information about Ralph and Carter. In the late '80s, thanks to Larry

A pair of Slovakian bluegrass companies have jointly opened a new workshop space in Bratislava, the eastern European nation's capitol. Coall Instruments, who build a unique five string banjo using a stone tone ring, and BanjoLit, manufacturers of a number of