Bill Monroe

This past weekend's USA Weekend, a magazine supplement to many of America's weekend newspapers, has, as its feature article, an assessment of the 10 top places to hear authentic American music. As far as the magazine is concerned the top

Check your closets, everybody. If you can scrape together $49,000, you can purchase a 1965 tour bus previously owned by Bill Monroe. If you're feeling lucky, it only takes $19,000 to open the bidding at ebay Motors for a

Here's a bit of lighthearted bluegrass history for your post-Christmas climbdown... The anecdote comes from multi-instrumentalist and singer Orrin Starr. It involves a phone conversation between fiddler Jim Moss and James Monroe. Jim is a prominent west coast fiddler, and he

When I saw Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder perform in 2005, they dedicated a portion of their show to reminding the audience that the following year (2006) would mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of bluegrass music. It is widely

The fate of Bill Monroe's mandolin hangs in the balance. The instrument is currently housed at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, TN. The museum acquired the mandolin when Tennessee business man, Bob McLean, donated an

Our British correspondent, Richard Thompson, has an overview of a CD collection that was released back in August '07. Time Life has released a further collection of bluegrass recordings. Classic Bluegrass Collection is a compilation featuring three CDs of well-known bluegrass

Bill Monroe is the subject of a recent article published as a web exclusive on the Newsweek Entertainment section of MSNBC.com. The article is written in remembrance of the man who influenced so many, and forever altered the landscape of American

Bluegrass mandolinist, singer and band leader David Davis was the subject of an interview this past weekend in the Seattle Times. He and his band, The Warrior River Boys, performed at the Darrington Bluegrass Festival on July 21, and spoke

Former Blue Grass Boy Larry Richardson passed away on Fathers Day, June 17, after a six-month long battle with colon cancer. He died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Lake Butler, Florida. Born August 9, 1927, in the Galax

The Bill Monroe Memorial Music Park & Campground, site of the famous Bean Blossom bluegrass festival, as well as home to the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame and Museum, is up for sale. Banjo player, and former Bluegrass Boy, Dwight