Opinion / Humor

In the radio work I do I get to hear a lot of current bluegrass releases, and I have to say that bluegrass songwriters may be in a bit of a subject rut. Our genre now seems dominated by songs

Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar

Mr. Bluegrass Manners has been off for a little while. He chose to self-isolate after having had to spend some time in the Nashville Greyhound station (it's a long story). While in quarantine he continued to answer emails, even the

Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar

People love to make predictions. It's not important that almost all of them are hit-and-miss. That even goes for Nostradamus, and that was what he was known for; that, and apparently he grew some very impressive spaghetti squash. Usually people like to

Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar

It's time once again for bluegrass mad libs. Note that this isn’t "Mad Libs" with capital letters. That would be a trademark, and that game is available only in those lovely pads of paper or now on the Mad Libs

Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar

These editorial comments are a contribution from Abby Lee Hood, former IBMA staffer and freelance writer in Nashville. Her opinions do not necessarily reflect those of Bluegrass Today or its sponsors. If there was ever a time to quietly retire the

We all get songs stuck in our heads from time-to-time. They're often really annoying ones like that Liberty Insurance jingle with the highly creative lyrics: "Liberty liberty liberty . . . liberty." Or it can be a long and melodically