Bluegrass print media news

Richard Harrington has a nice piece in this morning's Washington Post on the current Alison Krauss & Union Station tour featuring the music - and the person - of Tony Rice. "My love and admiration for Tony goes back to what

The latest issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine is now mailing to subscribers. This issue is Volume 11, Number 4 - May/June 2007. The cover story this time around is The Pioneers of Flatpicking. The pioneers of bluegrass guitar covered in

Back in the winter I told you about a book written by Christian rocker David Crowder along with his fiddle player Mike Hogan. I just finished reading it recently and thought I'd share about it for those that might be

Canadian banjo player Jayme Stone shared a series of banjo travelogues with our readers during his recent musical journey through West Africa. Jayme was traveling on a Chalmers Arts Fellowship grant to research the music of African musicians who perform

Larry Stephenson is on the cover of the May/June issue of Bluegrass Music Profiles. The accompanying article has Larry talking about his latest release, Life Stories, an upcoming Gospel project, the members of his touring band, and his recent induction

The Listen Up feature in the April 17th edition of USA TODAY lists the author's top ten music picks for the week. We don't often see straight up bluegrass featured in such lists, so it's nice to see Randy Kohrs

Speaking of Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby... Yesterday's edition of The New York Times carried a review of their concert this Tuesday night in the Big Apple. Mr. Hornsby, who is fluent in piano idioms from gospel to modern jazz, aligned his

The 2007 edition of Bluegrass Guide is now ready for mailing. This annual publication contains an extensive festival listing, plus band profiles. On the cover this year are The Gibson Brothers, and the new issue contains an in-depth interview conducted

The April 2007 issue of the UK based country music periodical, Maverick Magazine features an article about dobro player Randy Kohrs. The story was written by Glynn Brown, an English/Reading teacher in Nashville, TN. Incidentally, Glynn is also a banjo player,

The June issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine has a cover feature on Tony Rice. The in-depth piece by Scott Nygaard looks at Tony's career in music of more than 30 years, and also includes a side piece on "the guitars