2017 IBMA World of Bluegrass haiku
For some reason, some of my most popular columns have been on the subject of bluegrass haiku. It may be because of the close affinity...
For some reason, some of my most popular columns have been on the subject of bluegrass haiku. It may be because of the close affinity...
Dudley Connell with The Johnson Mountain Boys playing his D-28 - photo by Peggy Detweiler Dudley Connell is best known for playing with two important Washington,...
Akira Otsuka with John Duffey's F-12 - photo by Michael G. Stewart American bluegrass audiences became aware of Akira Otsuka during Bluegrass 45’s first U.S. tour...
Former Blue Grass Boy, Ralph Lewis passed away on Saturday evening, August 5, 2017. He was 89 years of age, the son of a seventh...
Meadow Mountain competing at RockyGrass 2017 In addition to being known as one of the finest bluegrass festivals west of the Mississippi River, RockyGrass, held each year...
Over this past weekend, the 2017 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music was awarded to Scott Vestal. This makes him the...
Here’s something for those of you who are education-minded... Hazard Community and Technical College, which is part of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, is...
Another fun filled two weeks at the annual National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest and Festival in Weiser, ID has just concluded. There were the official, world-renowned...
Tom Mindte, head of Patuxent Music and bandleader of Patuxent Partners, stores an extensive record collection at his studio in Rockville, Maryland. I asked him...
Fay McGinnis, the president of the Stanley Brothers' Fan Club for a number of years, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2017. She was 89...