Bluegrass Today Profiles

There’s something to be said for family ties, especially when it comes to making music. The Jacksons and the Osmond Brothers proved that point long ago. The McCourys did the same while making their mark in bluegrass, as did The

Irene Kelley - photo by Jason Lee Denton Irene Kelley’s love of music has been imbued in her memory practically from the very beginning. She became wholly entranced by it while hearing it for the first time in her dad's basement

Matt Michienzie - photo © Robin Frenette Matt Michienzie is a Boston Boy, transplanted to sunny Southern California. Matt is a songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist, and sometimes fiddle player who on his website describes his music as "countrified, bluesified, and grassified." He

Fiddler, clawhammer banjo picker, guitarist, and singer Kate Lissaur grew up in Cockeysville, Maryland, but now makes her home in Frome, Somerset in the southwest of England.  "I got here by way of Scotland, where I lived for nine formative years

John Cowan - photo © Zdeněk Hataš It would be difficult if not impossible to overestimate John Cowan's role in bringing bluegrass to a wider and more diverse audience. Given the role he played in the New Grass Revival, arguably the

Lincoln Hensley with one of Sonny Osborne's vintage Vega banjos Lincoln Hensley is a young man in his mid-20s with an old soul. He loves and plays bluegrass music (with Tennessee Bluegrass Band), endorses for one banjo company and runs another,

The Langan Band pay no heed to any particular parameters, and have maintained that mantra for some 15 years. The band, which consists of John Langan on guitar, Alastair Caplin on fiddle, and Dave Tunstall on bass, formed after finding

When a band takes its name from a generalized genre, it would seem to reflect both confidence and credibility. Given the accolades accrued by Stacja Folk — a handle that's loosely translated from the Polish as "Folk Station" —  those

Doug McKelway and Frank Wakefield Doug McKelway is a good friend to Bluegrass Today, an experienced television newscaster, and a bluegrass banjo player. He was also a good friend to mandolin maestro Frank Wakefield, who died last week in New York.

Sully Tuttle at Siesta Valley Strings & Things (7/31/22) - photo © Mary Ann Goldstein Sullivan (Sully) Tuttle, known for his ferocious guitar playing in the exciting national touring band, AJ Lee and Blue Summit, is a member of the Tuttle