Preserving The Tradition of Bluegrass Into The Future

Evelyn Glennie's world of sound began like most of ours—where we grew up, whether in urban or rural areas. While the city environment may...

Twin Creeks Stringband finds its origin in Franklin County, Virginia, where its predecessor – Dry Hill Draggers – brought hard-driving...

Don’t try to pin Shelton and Williams, based in Danville, Virginia, down to any one musical genre. While rooted in bluegrass, you might...

Bob Lucas sits in his country house near Zanesfield, Ohio, and plucks a string on his gourd banjo. “I’ve spent half my life tuning...and...

Garth Brooks. Taylor Swift. Blake Shelton. Carrie Underwood. Eric Church. Bryan Sutton has played for them all. A Grammy Award-winning...

“I have always said my weakness is food, sex, and music… but not necessarily in that order,” Dolly Parton, patron saint of Appalachia,...

In today’s popular music, the “biggest” acts are usually more “plugged in.” With mass appeal genres such as pop and hip-hop, electronic...

Prolific. Accomplished. Busy. None of these words fully relay the scope of what multi-instrumentalist Craig Duncan has done over the...

Every week, over 10,000 listeners tune in for the latest episode of their favorite podcast. Some are mandolin players. Some are beer...

Since 1982, the Lonesome River Band has entertained audiences with original tunes. Under Sammy Shelor’s direction, the band has stayed...

Jamon Scott isn’t one to restrict himself to rules. Whether he’s juxtaposing bluegrass against rock or 80s New Wave against Celtic, he...

Some may call Elizabeth Cotton a late bloomer. After all, the singer/songwriter didn't start performing publicly or recording until she...

It may sound confusing, but Phillip Steinmetz’s great-uncle was Grandpa. Grandpa Jones, that is, the beloved banjo-playing Country Music...

For most bluegrass band members, double duty means playing an instrument and driving the bus. Banjoist Grace Van’t Hof not only...

When Ruth Shumway taught her classmates at Berklee a bluegrass tune by Steve Rosen called Nail that Catfish to a Tree, they were...

Trying to put The Lone Bellow into a restrictive little box would be about as effective as trying to grasp a handful of water or telling...

While some people take music very seriously, sometimes it’s just about being fun. Bluegrass music is fun. Hip-hop music is fun. Combining...

The Crooked Jades have created a unique sound to "re-imagine" old-time music for today's listeners. It's gritty and real. Dark, even. The...

Scott Slay was raised in a musical family. Growing up in Walnut Hill, Florida (a small farm town about 35 miles from Pensacola), he...

It’s hard to believe that three people, with three instruments, can create the sound and energy presented at a Talisk concert. Using only...

Although Billy Self had played in a bluegrass band for several years, he says he didn’t know anything about putting on a bluegrass...

A rollicking sound, paired with string music. It’s a riotous energy – a sonic rebelliousness – that finds its true soul in something akin...

Food can bring people together. And when it’s in abundance at a local marketplace, food can be the center of the community. Many major...

If Adam Schlenker was surprised to find himself an acclaimed flat-picking guitarist and the director of a university’s innovative roots...