Bluegrass Today Profiles

Though their handle sounds like the title of a crime novel, in truth, A Murder in Mississippi is a six-piece band based in Ghent, Belgium that specializes in roots, bluegrass, folk, blues, and traditional Irish music. Yet they manage to

The English have a clear connection to the music we refer to as bluegrass. After all, the sounds sown in Appalachia were a direct result of the folk and traditional music that originated in the British Isles. The Vanguards — Jack

It ought to come as little surprise to find the New Valley String Band creating a sound that hews to the basics of old time and bluegrass, even if they do so with a decidedly Scandinavian sensibility. A Swedish band,

Milton Harkey with his son, Christopher at Bluegrass First Class 2009 Milton Harkey, founding IBMA member and former Board Chair, Bluegrass First Class promoter/producer, and the visionary behind the Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Festival in Denton, NC, just celebrated his 75th

Lifetime California musician Paul Shelasky has literally done it all, and trying to stuff all of his championships, bands, travels, etc into a short bio is like trying to squelch his infamous stage humor, so I won't even try. I

The late James Brown aside, Jerry Douglas could be considered the hardest working man in show business. Considered the foremost practitioner of dobro and lap steel guitar, he’s a producer, constant sideman and collaborator (working with everyone from Paul Simon,

The somewhat unlikely handle aside, Stereo Naked excel at scaled-down bluegrass from a European perspective. The band is based in Cologne, Germany, but one of the two core members, Pierce Black (vocals and upright bass), is an emigre from New

Throughout his career, Darrell Scott has always owed an allegiance to past precepts. But it comes naturally, as his father, Wayne Scott, was an avowed traditional troubadour before him.  Not surprisingly then, Scott's new album, Old Cane Back Rocker, hews to

On this day …  On August 18, 1993, American-born British bluegrass activist Jan Jerrold passed away, aged 52. His importance in the popularity of bluegrass music in the UK could scarcely be overstated. Jan Jay Jerrold was born in Washington DC, on

It always seems somewhat surprising when folks of different descent find such irresistible appeal in music that’s so closely associated with inherent Americana. And yet, on their new album, Eastern Grass, Radim Zenkel and Ondra Kozák found a common connection