Since 1965, the Gallagher Guitar Co. has been building high quality, handmade acoustic guitars in Tennessee. Treasured by flatpickers and finger style guitarists alike, these fine instruments attained global recognition when the great Doc Watson acquired one of their G-50
This article is a contribution from Missy Renee Daley, a delightful story about how the custom mandolin her husband made for her back in 1996 found its way back to her after having been stolen shortly after she received it. Today
Jake and Rebekah Workman, both highly skilled bluegrass musicians, are celebrating the birth last week of their first child. Jake is the guitarist with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and Rebekah is a noted fiddler and vocalist. Isaac Jacob Workman was
Each year when wildfires spread along the US Pacific coast, those of us back east are filled with a mix of awe and wonder. In fact, people everywhere are struck by the enormous power of a blaze tearing through wooded
Announcing the littlest Lonesome Rambler... Jacob Wright, banjo picker with Larry Sparks, and his wife, Brooke, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Waylon Lewis Wright was born yesterday (September 8) at 2:48 a.m. in Blacksburg, VA. He made his debut
There was a time, not so very long ago, when blank staff paper was a common commodity in music stores. Sold both in tear-off sheets and in bound books, those who liked to write down their creative ideas could keep
Jayne Henderson, luthier at EJ Henderson Guitars and daughter of renowned guitar builder, Wayne Henderson, is celebrating the birth of her first child. Sylvia Matilda Henderson Gilbert was born this morning at 10:15 a.m. in Asheville, NC, weighing in at 7
Family and friends of Mike Barnett, fiddler with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, have established a medical fund to assist him with expenses related to therapy and rehab following his suffering a cerebral hemorrhage last month. Not yet a household name
The interest in vintage vinyl keeps going up, something that wasn't envisioned by most music lovers when the era of the compact disc began in the mid-'80s. As the cost of CD players dropped rapidly during that time, and nearly
The world of touring musicians always looks a bit glamorous from the audience side of the stage, but when you get to know some of the artists who do it for a living, it becomes clear that it is a
