• Destination Music – follow up

    We recently reported on Destination Music, a BBC World production that was featuring the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in it's first episode. As a follow up to that post, I recently had the opportunity to speak with one of the producers

  • What makes us different?

    This post is a contribution from world renowned podcast celebrity Wichita Rutherford. Be sure to visit his site 5MinutesWithWichita.com to listen to his weekly podcast featuring interviews with bluegrass stars. Why are we different? I don"t mean as humans from

  • Kel Kroydon banjos debut at SPBGMA

    Serious collectors and students of pre war banjos, guitars and mandolins know this odd name - Kel Kroydon. It was the brand used by the Gibson company in the early 1930s for their wooden toy division, later used as a

  • MSNBC overlooked albums of 2005

    MSNBC.com has posted a story listing six overlooked albums of 2005. Interestingly, 2 of them are bluegrass and a third is closely related. The second CD on the list is Danny Roberts, Mandolin Orchard. Third is NewFound Road, Somewhere Between. And

  • The Carter Family Fold

    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'm just

  • Washburn adds new bluegrass models

    Chicago-based Washburn Guitars has announced the debut of two new bluegrass instruments, aimed at players looking to move up to a professional grade axe, but with budget restrictions to consider. A new banjo, the B160, and a new mandolin, the M120,

  • Serious threat to bluegrass? A rebuttal

    The following is a contribution from Kip Martin, a semi-regular guest contributor to Bluegrass Today. The views expressed are his, and are not necessarily those of the authors of Bluegrass Today. Commenting is enabled for all ViewPoint posts, so please