Bluegrass Today Profiles

Terry Herd with Bernie Taupin in Nashville (April 2018) The late Dixie Hall once said, “it all begins with a song,” and when it comes to great songs and songwriters, no one has the track record or catalogue of Bernie Taupin.

I’m going do something I’ve never done before. And I may never do it again. At the end of this post, I’m going to ask that you click on a link that will take you to another site that writes a bit

The lady behind the “blue violin” may not be a true native to the state of Oklahoma; however, Jana Jae has come full circle back to her roots. Born to graduates of The Juilliard School of Music in New York City,

Woody Platt is the guitarist and lead vocalist in the Steep Canyon Rangers, founded in 2000; he handles most of the band’s business matters.   He grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina, where music was always around, and he

One would think that due to our close proximity to our neighbors to the north, grassicana and bluegrass would exert as strong an influence on Canadian music as found on this side of the divide. Nevertheless, that doesn’t always appear

Mountain Fever Recording Artist, Irene Kelley is known for her appealing mix of bluegrass, country and Americana. The Latrobe, PA native began writing songs as a teenager and soon made her way to Nashville. Her songs were quickly noticed and

The Coal Porters have always been something of an anachronism. For starters, they’re a bluegrass band based in London, led by an American expat, Sid Griffin. Even so, there’s no denying the Coal Porters’ commitment to their cause. Griffin, a

When Kentucky born musician Kelvin Damrell was hired by the Steeldrivers in late January 2018, the farthest the 24-year-old guitarist had gone to perform had been four hours outside his hometown of Berea in Eastern Kentucky. In fact, it wasn’t

Darrin Vincent, and his father Johnny According to Darrin Vincent, the bass playing half of Dailey & Vincent, his daddy, Johnny, always told him, “Things come in season.”   The era of the 1960s was a season of beginnings for Johnny. He

Authenticity is a hard commodity to come by, a casualty of the need for commercial credence. Traditional music may not be the most viable option in the marketplace today, but the resurgence of bluegrass and the emergence of that hybrid