Bluegrass Today Profiles

Those that have studied the evolution of bluegrass, traditional music, and the history of Americana music in general need not be told the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's impact on the arc of that trajectory. And the means by which they

The Dutch are adept at bluegrass. One need only reference The Shiny Moonlit Boys Bluegrass Band to come to that conclusion. The band — Sebastiaan Lit (guitar, lead vocals), Mark Schilder (banjo, tenor vocals), Jean Paul Joosten (mandolin, baritone vocals),

Jason Carter, prolific fiddler and mainstay of both The Del McCoury Band and The Travelin' McCourys, has a new album releasing this week, his first in 25 years. If you've caught his fiery performances on stage, or in the studio

This look at the early days of banjo legend Alan Munde's career was occasioned by his induction this year into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame. Native Oklahoman Alan Munde, while attending Oklahoma University in the 1960s, crossed paths with

"Bluegrass and folk alchemy with psychedelic and punk influences" is how the Los Angeles-based Water Tower Band is described on their web site. Led by co-founder Kenny Feinstein, the band has endless energy emitting old-time sounds in a modern musical

Becky Buller - photo by Shelly Swanger Becky Buller is an exceptional singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Hailing from St. James, Minnesota, she's contributed songs to albums by a host of notable names, among them Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, Doyle Lawson &

The Canadian bluegrass band that calls themselves The Local Group describes their approach to making music somewhat broadly. "Our sound has been described as 'tight and zany'," says the band's mandolin player Justin Vilchez. "We try to really be dynamic in

During the recent IBMA Bluegrass Awards Show, the late Paul "Moon" Mullins was recognized as one of the 2022 Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees. As his family came forward to accept his award, technical glitches prevented audio clips and

Their otherwise off-putting handle aside, Leftover Salmon has risen to the top rankings of the current crop of the progressive bluegrass elite, having helped establish the form when they initially formed in Boulder, Colorado in 1989. Over the course of

For the past decade or so, the bluegrass, gospel, and traditional country world has been enamored of The Church Sisters, fraternal twins Savannah and Sarah Church from southwestern Virginia, whose duet singing turned heads wherever they performed. Carl Jackson was