Bluegrass print media news

Pete Wernick has been part of the grass music scene since the early 1970s, when he became active as a college student in the burgeoning progressive bluegrass world in New York. As an instructor for banjo, he earned the sobriquet

Bluegrass Ambassadors - The McLain Family Band in Appalachia and the World, by Paul O. Jenkins, is now available from West Virginia University Press. The book purports to be the first book-length history of the McLains' long and profound legacy in

The paperback edition of Wayfaring Stranger, the story of how a London author fell in love with bluegrass and old time music during a visit to the Appalachian region, is now available. Written by Emma John, city girl through and through,

Mel Bay has announced the release of Banjo Picking Tunes - Fun Solos To Play, by Lluis Gomez. The book, which includes audio of the solos being played, contains 47 pieces in a variety of styles. It is best to think

The University of North Carolina Press has released a new book by David Menconi, Step It Up & Go - The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk. As you

Canadian fiddle instructor Shamma Sabir has released a second book of fiddle instruction for young learners in her series, Once Upon A String. Once Upon A String Fiddle Method: Volume 1, published by Hal Leonard, is meant to make learning fun

Bluegrass Unlimited, now under the aegis of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, has named Dan Miller as their new editor, effective with the November 2020 issue. Bluegrass folks will remember Dan from his helming of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine,

Another volume in the series, Women Composers, is the forthcoming Unlikely Angel - The Songs of Dolly Parton, to be published by the University of Illinois Press in October 2020.  This is what the University of Illinois Press has to say

Chris Joslin in the Bluegrass Unlimited exhibit at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum Big news today in the bluegrass publishing world. The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum has announced the acquisition of Bluegrass Unlimited, and will take

Who is the most important in music?  The singer, the songwriter or the luthier? All are equally so in this day and age, are they not?  Perhaps in terms of books the last group isn’t as well represented as the others.