• Jeremiah Gilmer – One man band

    With the digital age, music, including bluegrass, is being presented in a lot of different types and formats. Jeremiah Gilmer, a young southern Virginia-based graphic designer, works a day job and plays music in his spare time from his home,

  • California Report: Guitarist Jim Nunally

    Jim Nunally is a California-based musician's musician, not so widely known despite having played extensively with many great California artists, including both the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience and John Reischman and the Jaybirds. He's a sought-after producer, and nowadays spends most

  • Wyatt Ellis: Young Man, Ancient Tones

    Mandolin wunderkind Wyatt Ellis from Maryville, Tennessee, had a thirteenth year full of experiences that most of us wouldn't believe if we hadn't seen his story unfold before us on social media. Highlights of 2022 for the young mandolin player

  • Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Bluegrass Cash

    Sometimes the name says it all. In the case of a band that hails from Cologne, Germany, Bluegrass Cash, there's certainly no mistaking the intent. Founder, bandleader, lead singer, and rhythm guitarist Martin Voogd, fiddler, mandolin player and harmony vocalist

  • Bill Evans talks Steve Martin Banjo Prize

    Bill Evans - photo by Mike Melnyk Just before Christmas, we had an opportunity to chat with Bill Evans, one of the recipients of the 2022 Steve Martin Banjo Prize, now administered by The Freshgrass Foundation. The prize was initiated by the