Bluegrass At Large

The Grammy Awards last night were very good for Alison Krauss & Union Station, who took three awards. Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - Restless Best Country Instrumental Performance - Unionhouse Branch Best Country Album - Lonely

Pete Wernick, aka Dr. Banjo, sent us a copy of a moving tribute he wrote to commemorate the passing of Louise Scruggs. Pete was headed to Nashville for the funeral when he sent this along, and we wanted to quote

This post is a contribution from Casey Henry. Casey is the daughter of banjo player Murphy Henry, and is an accomplished banjo player in her own right, as well as an instructor. Currently Casey and her brother Chris are fronting

John Gerome (AP writer and national "country music correspondent") has a piece in Monday's edition of The Tennessean covering the funeral services for Louise Scruggs yesterday at The Ryman Auditorium. As Gerome notes in his opening sentence: "Louise Scruggs, whose business

This post is a contribution from Murphy Henry. Murphy is well know for her instructional method that uses no tab. Be sure to visit her site murphymethod.com to learn more about, and purchase, her teaching and instructional materials. I feel

Sharon McGraw, editor of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, also shared her thoughts about Louise Scruggs and her legacy as a prominent female businesswoman. "Louise Scruggs stands out as the most prominent leader in the music industry for women. She was absolutely the

Our friends with the Sao Paulo Bluegrass Music Association in Brazil are sponsoring a web poll about the use of drums in bluegrass music. Obviously, there is nothing remotely scientific about this sort of poll, but those who feel strongly

Jeremy Bauer just wrote in to report a sad incident: I was in Portland, OR on 01-28-2006 when my Epiphone MB-250 banjo was stolen out of my car (along with a lot of other stuff including my Michael Burke pennywhistles

John Jorgenson is an internationally recognized master of gypsy jazz guitar, and a first rate bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist to boot. He has been been a member of Earl Scruggs' stage band on many occasions. I feel very honored to have

This post is a contribution from Dave Roye. Thursday evening was a pretty good turnout considering one of the biggest fundraiser's (Josh Graves) was going on as well as rain! I arrived at 7pm just in time for Heather Berry