Kenny Baker

Say that three times fast... Compass Records has just announced the October 1 release of a new solo project from Punch Bothers banjoist Noam Pikelny. And it's quite a departure from his prior album, Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail,

July 22, 2013 marked the official release date for Making History with The Pioneers of Bluegrass, a documentary film 11 years in the making. The project was spearheaded by bluegrass artist James Reams, who dedicates the film to his late

Wouldn't it be fun to sit down with a few first or second generation bluegrass artists, and listen to their stories of the old days? I've been fortunate to have a few opportunities to do so, and I never miss a

This tender recollection of fiddle great Kenny Baker is a contribution from Blaine Sprouse, himself a noted fiddler with wide experience in the bluegrass world. When I was about eight years old, I had been playing guitar for a couple of

This tender recollection of fiddle great Kenny Baker is a contribution from Blaine Sprouse, himself a noted fiddler with wide experience in the bluegrass world. When I was about eight years old, I had been playing guitar for a couple of

Richard Thompson's piece yesterday, with its poignant remembrances of Kenny Baker from his musical peers, elicited a pair of interesting responses from bluegrass professionals among our readers. Both wanted to share their personal reaction upon reading that piece, one looking

Kenny Baker: June 26, 1926 – July 8, 2011 As previously reported, Kenny Baker passed away recently at the Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, Tennessee, due to complications from a stroke. Subsequently, colleague David Morris looked at Baker’s long tenure with

Here is another video from Grey Fox, again with a Kenny Baker tribute theme. This time, we have Tim O'Brien and Chris Thile offering up a twin mandolin version of Bill Monroe's Jerusalem Ridge, long associated with Baker for his definitive

To honor the life and music of the great Kenny Baker, Matt Glaser organized a special tribute at the Grey Fox Festival earlier this month. Billed as the Kenny Baker Grey Fox Memorial Orchestra, it featured what appears to be nine

Bill Monroe played with some fine fiddlers over the decades – Chubby Wise, Vassar Clements and Bobby Hicks, for starters. But for his 1972 tribute to Pendleton Vandiver, there was only one real choice to play the fiddle tunes that