• Cold rain comes to Lake Havasu

    This report on the 14th annual Bluegrass On The Beach festival in Lake Havasu, AZ is a contribution from David VanGelder. While the blizzards and cold from...

  • Kim Williams passes

    The bluegrass and country music songwriting community lost one of its giants yesterday evening with the passing of Kim Williams. He was 68 years old. Williams...

  • Jeremy Garrett: A Session in The RV

    Nestled in The Festy backstage area in scenic Nelson County, Virginia sat The RV. You know which one. The one that should be declared a national...

  • Ryan Cavanaugh – a banjo anomaly

    The national popularity of bluegrass music might ebb and flow with social and artistic trends, but the quality of picking and musical ability has stayed...

  • Gospel Choices #4 – Bob Webster 

    Here’s the fourth contribution of a periodical feature, where we ask bluegrass personalities to choose their top five Gospel songs. This week we hear from...

  • First Time Grey Fox Catcher

    What a festival! A pop-up town of about 7,000 people grinning ear-to-ear for four straight days in scenic Oak Hill, New York. It does not...

  • Commentary: Why IBMA Matters

    As regular readers of Bluegrass Today may remember, I am not always full of praise when I write about IBMA, some of its actions and...