Following last year's shutdown due to the global pandemic, Lorraine Jordan was happy to return for the 10th year of her Christmas in the Smokies Bluegrass Festival. Lorraine's 91-year-old, motorcycle-riding dad, Royce Jordan, co-MCed Wednesday night's festivities with Highway 40 Bluegrass's
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run at the 2021 Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies (12/1/21) - photo © Bill Warren Lorraine Jordan's tenth Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies opened in the Sevierville, Tennessee Convention Center on Wednesday evening, December 1. Lorraine's father, Royce,
While there are many fine female vocalists in bluegrass music, few can hold a candle to six-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year Dale Ann Bradley. Her southeastern Kentucky upbringing seeps into every note she sings, making her music instantly
Hello bluegrass friends, Dan Eubanks of Special Consensus here to tell you about an amazing instrument, the Travel Bass. I’ve been asked by Bluegrass Today to review it for you, so here goes. Gonna be a lot of bass specific
Given a look at all he’s accomplished, most observers would agree that Billy Strings has become something of a phenomenon in a decidedly short time. Yet, at the same time, it's not without justification. With five albums to his credit
Although Chosen Road has been performing and ministering together for nearly twelve years, they have found their most recent success after partnering with Song Garden Music Group and releasing Appalachian Worship last year, which found immediate success on Billboard’s Top
Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers at the 2021 Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival - photo by Michael Gabbard Friday morning at the Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival kicked off with a bang. The Doug Eyink Alternative Strings Scholarship fundraising breakfast was a
Something Sour, Something Sweet — Grain Thief's first release in three years — is a jolly, joyful, and energized set of songs and tunes that spotlights the bands proverbial polish as an old time string band of the first order.
Closing jam at the 2021 Al Ras Bluegrass and Old Time Festival - photo by Eduardo Manzanera This review of the 2021 Al Ras Bluegrass & Old Time Festival in Barcelona is a contribution from Michael Luchtan, an American living and studying bluegrass
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver at Industrial Strength Bluegrass (11/11/21) - photo © Bill Warren The Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival kicked off on Veteran’s Day 2021 at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio. The name may be new, but it is the
