Preserving The Tradition of Bluegrass Into The Future

With a background in business and a passion for guitars, Thomas Ripsam found his dream job as the president and CEO of C.F. Martin and...

The city of Del Mar, California, with a population of around 4,000, is a hotbed of cultural activity thanks to the efforts of the Del Mar...

Roots, folk and bluegrass musician Wil Maring is not content with making art or music. She must do both, or life will not be complete. As...

When a group of like-minded bluegrass aficionados got together fifty years ago in Minnesota, chances are they never dreamed the...

Good things are happening in Elkins, West Virginia, as the Augusta Heritage Center, home of the state’s largest music and arts...

On Monday nights, the bluegrass jam is the place to go in Ferrum, Virginia. The sounds of old-time and bluegrass music fill the air at...

Located in Washington County, Virginia, just 133 miles southwest of Roanoke, the rural Appalachian Town of Abingdon shines like a beacon...

Musicologists call it The Big Bang of Country Music. In 1927, Ralph Peer of the Victor Talking Machine Company visited Bristol, a town on...

Any big country music fan knows about the Carter Family, and any Virginian knows these musical pioneers were – and still are, at least in...

In 1881, Jerome Hill Duff arrived with his family in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. At the time, it was known as "Three Forks." The family...

Virginia is deep in history, and the Crab Orchard Museum – located in Tazewell, Virginia – does its part to keep the culture of that past...

Richmond, Virginia, has a rich history in the arts. At one time, a section of Broad Street in downtown Richmond was known as Theatre Row....

When Kim Mays describes her love of Virginia, she's an enthusiastic steward of the region's history and hospitality. As owners of...

In her poem "Sometimes," Mary Oliver writes: Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell me about it. Twenty-three...

Appalachia has produced some incredible chefs who have ventured beyond the mountainous region to bring their place-based food to new...

There's something magical about the cool mountain air of Appalachia. For one thing, the mountainous terrain mixed with cool nights and...

According to Garret Dupper, there's real value in bringing southern bluegrass to the rugged peaks and valleys of his state of Colorado....

At age ten, Larry Efaw first got on stage with a bluegrass band in his home state of Ohio. When he was seven, he started playing the...

For a guy who never stepped onto a stage until he was thirty years old, Tony Kamel has made up for any lost time over the past decade or...

Yasmin Williams released her first EP when she was in the tenth grade. "It was a project for my music class," she says. Her high school...

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. If that's the case, then Doc Sigmier, with the help of his father, created the...

Up-and-coming singer and multi-instrumentalist Bella White is said to have brought “old soul” insight and “intense self-awareness” to her...

The Slocan Ramblers may be Canadian, but they've carved out a solid place in the world of American bluegrass. They were selected as the...