Preserving The Tradition of Bluegrass Into The Future

For Grammy Award-winning songwriter and guitarist Dave Alvin, music is more about commonalities than differences. He said his favorite...

Asleep at the Wheel is expected to bid adieu to the road. The nine-time Grammy award-winning Western swing band from the Lone Star State...

Bluegrass is a music genre that cannot be defined by a region. With roots in Ireland and Appalachia, the music has spread like wildfire...

For Stephen “Mojo” Mougin, the name of his label, Dark Shadow Recording, symbolizes a small, passionate company with a big heart. “It was...

U-pick farms have become an increasingly popular attraction in the rolling hills and winding valleys of Appalachia, where farmland...

Bluegrass doesn’t have to be a battleground between past and present. Sometimes, it’s a new sprout planted in fertile soil, taking all...

Despair not, all ye who have struggled to learn the banjo. Self-described “ebanjolist” Matt Brown brings good tidings of great two-finger...

Thomm Jutz grew up in Germany’s Black Forest, but he’s very much at home with the music of Appalachia. That’s one reason this successful...

Many of us stray from our origins, seeking to expand our horizons and experience new things. Over the years, though, we often sate that...

Starting as a (semi)traditional bluegrass band, Boston, Mass.-based Twisted Pine has evolved over the years into something more open than...

When fiddler and mandolin player Despina Pafralides had an idea to start an all-female band, she called on Cassie Lynn Wright, who played...

Don’t try to put Melissa Barrison in a box. “Bluegrass folks say I play the violin. Symphony folks say I play the fiddle. I don’t really...

14-year-old Phoebe White from London, Kentucky, is currently captivating audiences with her commitment to cowboy and western music...

Throughout history, food has been shaped by labor demands, and some of the most iconic dishes in American culinary culture were born out...

Photo by Rebekah Speer Kevin Denney grew up surrounded by bluegrass music. “Some of my family members, Clyde and Marie Denney, toured in...

Angela M. Wellman, Ph.D. Angela M. Wellman, Ph.D., had the good fortune of growing up surrounded by music. From the time she was in...

When the town of Fort Fairfield, Maine, was looking for entertainment for its annual Potato Blossom Festival in 2004, someone suggested...

Photo by Diane Coll Perhaps as long as humankind has made music, its spiritual, mental, and physical health benefits have been clear....

Lauded folk singer, humorist, songwriter and guitarist Steve Poltz is perfect for lightening the load of those who feel the heavy burden...

How to be Elderly in the modern era? Surely, that’s the question that’s always on the mind of Lillian Werbin, CEO of Elderly Instruments,...

Kenny Feinstein began busking at the age of 12 in Santa Cruz, California. “It was the 1990s, and I was heavy into punk.” Kenny says he...

Caleb Malooley delivers guitar, harmonica, and lead vocals for Michigan-based group, The Gasoline Gypsies. The Americana-steeped...

Larry Sparks It’s a rarity to be able to speak to a musician with ties to old-time bluegrass, such as Larry Sparks. The one-time Stanley...

When Marty Falle sits down to write a song, he often draws on two facets that interest him most—history and heritage. Not surprisingly,...