US bluegrass youth heading to Japan
Every summer, the town of Kawaguchi in Japan hosts an International Exchange program for young musicians. The young players stay with host Japanese families and...
Every summer, the town of Kawaguchi in Japan hosts an International Exchange program for young musicians. The young players stay with host Japanese families and...
Well, that's a bit misleading I suppose. They do, I'm sure, have speed limits in Japan. The band No Speed Limit is not traveling to...
Harajuku refers to the area around Tokyo's Harajuku Station. It is the center of Japan's most extreme teenage cultures and fashion styles, but also offers...
I've been just a little bit obsessed with podcasts recently. As I was wondering around the internet over the weekend I discovered another bluegrass blogger...
Kazuhiro Inaba & Friends “Kazahiro Inaba was part of a wave of visitors from Japan in the 1980s who were interested in the bluegrass, old time,...
Fado N' Grass at the 2024 Trafaria Bluegrass church stage - photo © Raul Costa This report on coastal Portugal's Trafaria Bluegrass is a contribution from...
Charlie Lowman in the Marriott Hotel lobby (9/26/24) - photo © Jeromie Stephens IBMA Bluegrass Photographer of the Year for 2024, Jeromie Stephens, spent much of...
Popular Japanese bluegrass artist Kazuhiro Inaba has announced plans to perform a number of shows this fall in the eastern United States. He is traveling...
It's certainly no exaggeration to say that Alison Brown has helped redefine the role of the banjo in modern music. Her series of solo albums...
52nd annual Takarazuka Bluegrass Festival (2024) - photo © Jeromie Stephens Here is another gallery of images shot by Jeromie Stephens during his visit to the...