Thanksgiving turns deadly for bluegrass student in Raleigh
Without fail, the worst part of our job here at Bluegrass Today entails sharing tragic news that befalls our bluegrass community. Such is this story...
Without fail, the worst part of our job here at Bluegrass Today entails sharing tragic news that befalls our bluegrass community. Such is this story...
It is serendipity when one’s name matches one’s being and the natural reaction of all those in his presence. When John Cowan sings any note...
Dale Franklin Sledd passed away on Sunday, August 21, 2016, at the Warsaw Health and Rehabilitation Center, Warsaw, Missouri. He was 79 years old. Sledd was...
Late in October 1963, bluegrass singer Bill Clifton and his family moved to England for what was planned to be a six to nine month...
I’ve recently had a few requests to revisit the bluegrass haiku, or at least to write a few more of them. The people making these...
The tributes to Ralph Stanley this past week have been both numerous and poignant, demonstrating how deeply his music and his kindness have touched others over...
This coming Saturday - June 11, 2016 - sees the commencement of the 50th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Music Festival; eight days of...
On this Day ….. On April 18, 1979, JD Crowe and the New South played at the Kosei Nenkin Sho Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Having already visited...
As bluegrass music moves ever closer to the mainstream of America's and the world's cultural mainstream, influences from outside the southeastern US will continue to...
You better hold on to something solid when Ewell Ferguson kicks off his weekly one hour bluegrass radio show. Out of nowhere, an in your...