• Jim Hurst Wows Washington

    When you lay down your cash to hear Jim Hurst pick and sing, you never know what you’re what going to hear, but you can bet you’ll get your money’s worth. That was certainly the case Monday for the 25 or

  • A Few of My Favorite Things

    As a Bluegrass Today correspondent, I get to listen to a lot of music during the year. Some on CDs, some live. Some traditional bluegrass, some most definitely not. Some of it terrific, some of it, well, not so much. But

  • Grassers with Bobby and Billy Ray Cyrus

    Unless you've been living in a cave since 1992, there's a strong likelihood that you are familiar with country singer and TV personality Billy Ray Cyrus. Odds are you are also acquainted with his daughter, singer, actress and gal-about-town, Miley. But

  • Folk Remedies from Steve Spurgin

    California singer/songwriter Steve Spurgin has had a long career in acoustic music, weaving his way in and out of the bluegrass world over the years. Moving out west from his native Texas in the 1960s, he eventually found his way into

  • A Podunk Family Reunion

    Imagine working with six or eight co-writers, with a goal of finishing a song and having a band learn, arrange and perform it — all in about eight hours spread over two days. Oh yeah, and the “studio” is a gritty

  • Jim Hurst on with Katy Daley

    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

  • Intrepid Jim Hurst Flies Solo

    When I met Jim Hurst for the first time last summer, I was almost surprised to discover he has just two hands. He sure plays guitar like he has a couple of extras, using a blend of flat picking and