This profile on Barry "Bones" Patton is a contribution from Pamm Tucker, Entertainment Editor with Americana Media Group. Rhythm bones (in some form) date back to early civilization. They have been excavated in Mesopotamian graves (3000 BC), depicted on Egyptian reliefs
Katy spent a good while on the phone recently with Alan Munde, surely among the most celebrated banjo players of his generation, to talk about his long career in bluegrass. In addition to being a trendsetter on the five string,
Last summer (2016) the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Music Department hired Russell Johnson, the well-known bluegrass singer, songwriter and mandolin player from Cary, North Carolina, to the faculty position of Ensemble Director for what was called the
Here's another interview conducted by the folks at the Mountains of Music Homecoming celebration, set to kick off tomorrow across southwestern Virginia. Dozens of events will be hosted that celebrate the music, culture, cuisine, and folkways of the Appalachian region,
Bluegrass music icon Bobby Osborne proves he’s not down for the count with his new CD, Original. “I really thought I was never going to get to record anymore,” the 85-year-old legend told Bluegrass Today. “I tried three or four of
This is fun series in which we ask bluegrass music personalities, some famous, some not so famous, about some of their interests, as well as about the music that they love. Josh Harris is the banjo player with the Trinity River
His father is the late Jimmy Campbell, a popular bluegrass fiddle player who graced stages with Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse and The Sidemen, among others. His mother is Marcia Campbell Thomas, a member of the Grand Ole Opry Square
The good folks at the Mountains Of Music Homecoming who bring 9 days of music, culture, and culinary events to southwestern Virginia each June, have begun to publish short interviews with the various personalities associated with these ventures. They have
Tom Mindte, head of Patuxent Music and bandleader of Patuxent Partners, stores an extensive record collection at his studio in Rockville, Maryland. I asked him how his interest in collecting and music got started. TM: Dad had a heating and air
This interview with banjo playing comedian Lucas Ross is a contribution from Pamm Tucker with Walker's Folk Mania Media. She met with him at the American Banjo Museum a few weeks ago in Oklahoma City. Lucas Ross discussed The American Banjo