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Let me say up front that this article is not about a night I had on the dance floor in the 80s with the father of bluegrass. It’s about remembering lyrics, but would you have started reading something called “Fun

... or, USA’s bass pickin’ Kelly meets Japan’s mandolin pickin’ Shin Some of us folks in the business world do a lot of traveling. For bluegrassers, business travel often spins off into great musical experiences like concerts, jams, vintage instrument stores, festival

Tim Carter, who posted his thoughts on losing Earl Scruggs yesterday to our Remembering Earl Scruggs page (for reader tributes), shared some sad news about the passing of another legendary banjo player, this time of the four stringed variety. "We've lost

Boston-based alt-grassers, Della Mae, have announced Shelby Means as the new bass player with the band. Shelby played with a number of bluegrass groups in her native Wyoming, before moving to Nashville recently where she had been performing with The David Mayfield Parade.

Compass Records has announced May 29 as the release date for What Really Matters, a new CD from Larry Stephenson, his first for the Nashville-based label. There are no audio samples available yet for public consumption, but the tracks I've heard

Is it pure coincidence that Joe Dean is announced as the new banjo player with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver on the opening day of baseball season? It would appear that Doyle has traded former banjo picker Jessie Baker to Dailey

Guitar wizard Jim Hurst will roll into DC thursday morning (4/5) for a visit with Katy Daley on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. He's scheduled to be on the air at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) to talk about his latest release, Intrepid. Katy says that

Another bluegrass baby! Charlie Lawson, who plays guitar and sings lead with Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, is celebrating the birth of his first child, along with his wife, Melissa. Joyln Annette Lawson was born earlier today (4/4) at 1:55 a.m. at the

Daniel Mullins sent along this gallery of images from last weekend's Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival.  

Given the popularity of the many touching tributes to Earl Scruggs we have published this past week (with more to come), it seemed fitting that we give our readers a chance to weigh in as well. Those that knew him well have