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
This story about Roy Clark's press conference at the American Banjo Museum is a contribution from Pam Tucker with Walkers Folk Mania Media. I'm a pickin... and I'm a grinnin. Words that will forever echo in my memories. Sunday evenings at
Much has been written over the years about the legendary Stoneman Family, and with good reason. Starting in the late 1920s, they did as much as any traditional music entertainers to popularize the old time mountain singing style that informed
Let's talk a bit about another banjo icon, someone who touched the lives of thousands of banjo players over a long career, but without the widespread attention that has come to someone like Béla Fleck, whom we discussed earlier this
In September 2015, we reported that songwriter and musician Bobby Starnes had suffered a serious fall at his home near Jonesborough, TN. Having fallen down a set of steps, he has had quite the road to recovery since enduring a
Walt Wilkins, Gilles Godard and Nicole Witt This month’s column features the song, Trains I Missed, written by Walt Wilkins, Gilles Godard and Nicole Witt in 2005. It was recorded by Balsam Range for their 2010 album by the same name
This interview with Béla Fleck was conducted shortly after last year's Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Jen Hughes spoke with him by phone not long after the festival, which featured a reunion set with The Flecktones. Jen talked with Béla about that,
Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of their highly successful musical partnership. They have gone to the top of the bluegrass world, and are now expanding into other markets in that short space of time. Some of