Bobby Osborne

Most bluegrass mandolin players know that Bobby Osborne has his own personalized pick - one of the first to do so in fact. Osborne Brothers fans can see it wedged behind the strings of his iconic Gibson Fern mandolin on

In a solemn ceremony Friday at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville, six legendary figures in bluegrass music were presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Glenville State College in Glenville, WV. Things got started

Jesse McReynolds receives a letter of intent from Megan Darby for his honorary doctorate from Glenville State Glenville State College in West Virginia, one of several institutes of higher learning to offer a bachelors degree in bluegrass music, has announced plans

A version of this article has appeared on the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation web site. Bobby Osborne, a veteran bluegrass musician and Grammy-nominated member of the Grand Ole Opry, has been honored with the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation’s Bluegrass Star Award. It was

Last week in Hyden, KY, Hazard Community and Technical College held the second of hopefully many editions of the Bobby Osborne Mandolin Roundup. Host and organizer Scott Napier of Lost and Found and The Price Sisters shared this overview of how

Last week during the semester-end concert at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music, Bobby Osborne appeared with staff instructor Scott Napier and student Lauren Price presented a triple mandolin version of Jingle Bells, done bluegrass style. The school is located

There aren’t many artists in their eighties releasing albums these days, even in bluegrass, where both fans and musicians often trend a little older than most music genres. There are even fewer artists in their eighties who get enough airplay

Bluegrass music icon Bobby Osborne proves he’s not down for the count with his new CD, Original. “I really thought I was never going to get to record anymore,” the 85-year-old legend told Bluegrass Today. “I tried three or four of

Bobby Osborne, Lauren Price, and Scott Napier playing triple mandolins. Folks in the bluegrass world have certainly noticed the “Tremolo Tuesday” video segments that have been appearing on social media since March 2016. According to Scott Napier, the regular performances that

Bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne and Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers will participate in a special presentation next Tuesday at the Miami University Regionals in Hamilton, OH. It is jointly sponsored by the University's Appalachian Studies program and The Public