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
Bluegrass Today Profiles
Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Kate Lissaur champions a transatlantic roots sound
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 talks New Grass Revival and his new album
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 talks banjos, Sonny Osborne, and trading
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,
Bluegrass Beyond Borders: The Langan Band blends Celtic with old time music
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
Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Stacja Folk from Poland
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
Frank Wakefield remembered, by Doug McKelway
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.
California Report: guitarist Sullivan Tuttle from AJ Lee and Blue Summit
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
Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Italy’s LouTente & the Cameltoes
Hailing from the picturesque city of Asti, Italy, LouTente & the Cameltoes is a captivating combo that opted to pursue the bluegrass basics in 2015. There origins can be traced back to the fact that upright bassist and mandolin player
What is Jerry Garcia doing in Owensboro?
This report on the new temporary exhibit at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, Jerry Garcia - A Bluegrass Journey, is a contribution from Steve Levine, a life long concert photographer and writer in Austin, TX. Nicknamed "Captain Trips,"










