Bluegrass Today Profiles

The UK duo known as the Carrivick Sisters excel at performing together in sync — little surprise considering the fact that they're twins, and therefore naturally possess a sibling symmetry. Charlotte and Laura grew up making music together, and now,

Wyatt Ellis with his Momentum Award at World of Bluegrass 2024 Born not far from the Great Smoky Mountains, teen mandolinist Wyatt Ellis was influenced by his Tennessee locale early on. His initial introduction to the instrument was through Bobby Osborne's

Blue Lass, a British trio consisting of Abbey Thomas on mandolin, Holly Wheeldon on acoustic guitar, and Ruth Eliza on clawhammer banjo, first began playing music together in 2022 at the Sore Fingers Summer School, a bluegrass and old-time music

With a passion for fiddling, young Texan Tristan Paskvan, who placed first in the youth division of the 2024 Grand Master Fiddler Championship, also has a dream to incorporate flying into his musical pursuits. At the age of 13, Paskvan has

Sociograss is a Scottish band whose affinity for stretching the bounds of bluegrass is clearly evident on their new album, the somewhat ironically dubbed Made It All Up. "We're not really strictly a bluegrass band," vocalist and fiddler Ben Errington

Despite their home far from the Appalachian region, Maňana Band thrive on authenticity. "Our band is from the Czech Republic, which is, I believe, a bluegrass mecca even on a global scale," says Josef Krenn, the band's designated leader, singer, and

Multi-genre Portland-based fiddler and instructor Annie Staninec is a California native and part of the first-generation California Bluegrass Association youth movement. She was an IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year, won Fiddle Player of the Year awards from the Northern California

It’s been five years since we checked in with the Norwegian bluegrass band, Strengeplukk. The group, which is based in Oslo — with the exception of mandolin player Andreas Barsnes Onarheim, who is based in Stavanger on the country's west

This recollection of Jimmy Martin's lessons to his heralded banjo player Chris Warner is a contribution from Thomas Cook. Chris is widely regarded as one of the finest exemplars of the Jimmy Martin style on banjo, behind only J.D. Crowe

Ivan Rosenberg - photo © Mike Melnyk This article is another recurring contribution from Bluegrass Canada, the quarterly magazine of the Bluegrass Music Association of Canada. Editor Mike Higgins has promised to send us updates from the scene up north. This one