Outgoing CBA President Darby Brandli and new President Theresa Behr Gooding It was good catching up recently with incoming CBA President Theresa Behr Gooding, and getting a status of what’s going on. Hi Theresa, how are you and your family doing, and how
Bluegrass Today Profiles
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Police Dog Hogan grasses it up in the UK
The British band Police Dog Hogan may seem to wield a rather unlikely handle for a band that ploughs a grassicana terrain, but that doesn’t deter the band from making music that spans a wide array of essential influences and
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Mike Marshall’s virtual mandolin orchestra does Bill Monroe
Mike Marshall needs no introduction to bluegrass fans. In addition to his jaw-dropping virtuosity and collaborations with Darol Anger, David Grisman, and many more, he is an avid teacher as his many students on ArtistWorks will attest. Recently, to do
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Bat Kinane & the Whole Hog Band
Finding a common connection that bridges a cultural divide can often present a challenge. However, when it comes to building bridges, music makes the challenge seem a lot less formidable. Ireland’s Bat Kinane & the Whole Hog Band has asserted
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California Report: Yoseff Tucker Profile
Yoseff Tucker hit the San Francisco bluegrass scene from the California Central Valley with a bang several years back. He’s won multiple Northern California Bluegrass Society awards for guitar and vocals, and his sound reflects his family’s Central Valley Oklahoma
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Rodney Dillard talks Earthman and The Dillards
Rodney Dillard has been an important part of American music this past fifty some years. In the '60s, he helped introduce traditional music to a new generation as a member of The Dillards on The Andy Griffith Show. Rodney was
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20 things you didn’t know about Daryl Mosley
For more than three decades, singer-songwriter Daryl Mosley has applied his warm-as-country-sunshine voice and thoughtful lyrics to a wealth of memorable material. Throughout the 1990s, he toured as lead vocalist with much-celebrated bluegrass group, The New Tradition, then joined the
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Barry Abernathy adopts two young children, one with his same birth defect
We were all amazed and impressed the first time that we saw Barry Abernathy pick the banjo. Born with only a thumb and stub of an index finger on his left hand, he reached over the top of the banjo
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Red Brick Boys plays bluegrass in Russia
Ever since the end of the second world war, relations between the US and Russia have been fraught with tension and suspicion. Although mutual mistrust peaked during the Cold War, it continues to pique and polarize the two nations even
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Tim O’Brien talks songwriting with Randy Barrett
This interview was conducted in February 2018. It was meant to be the first episode of a new radio show focused on the craft of songwriting that never panned out. Tim O'Brien is a great hero of mine, and a