• Banjo Loco rocks Nebraska

    Those of us who study the history of string music in the United States are well aware of efforts to fashion the various instruments of...

  • Mountain Music Project on Kickstarter

    We've mentioned The Mountain Music Project several times over the past few years, specifically the film they shot in Nepal five years ago. Project principals...

  • BandRx for your Facebook page

    About 6 months ago somebody high up in the biz told me, “If you don’t have a MySpace account, you’re missing it.  When it comes...

  • Mustered Courage from Down Under

    I have thought a lot (and written a bit) about the "bluegrass" music being created by young string players whose impressions of its boundaries are...

  • Gary Ferguson back to Ireland

    Bluegrass singer/songwriter/guitarist Gary Ferguson tells us that he is preparing for his 7th consecutive summer tour in Ireland. He is heading off from Pennsylvania on...

  • EWOB 2011 in photos

    Once again, Jan de Mooy has sent along a terrific gallery of photos from the European World of Bluegrass, which took place in Voorthuizen, The...

  • The Wronglers – Heirloom Music

    Watching the great coverage from DelFest this weekend, I was struck by the inescapable fact that Del McCoury, a true second-generation bluegrass icon, is going...

  • Hazel Dickens Tribute

    More than a decade ago, bassist Todd Phillips walked into his first rehearsal for a reunion tour by Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, and was...