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Just last week, Jack Hatfield shared some thoughts about the particular genius of Earl Scruggs from the perspective of one who has made teaching the banjo his life's work. Today we received a copy of Jack's latest book, an anthology from Mel Bay designed to present useful arrangements and tunes for banjo pickers at any [...]
Back in 1989, former Blue Grass Boy Doug Hutchens taped a lengthy interview with Earl Scruggs that ran on Doug's radio show - which went by the clever title, Bluegrass Today. The occasion of Earl's passing has prompted Doug to make the audio from this discussion available online, and it is posted in 15 parts [...]
Kelly Stockwell has been back home in Vermont for a week or so, after a Chroma Technology business trip to Japan with her company president Paul Millman. She offers these radom observations on leaping into the breach with a bunch of Japanese bluegrassers she’d never met. Kelly joined in with a group of Shin Akimoto’s [...]
Alan Tompkins is a true Renaissance man, what once was called a dilletante without a hint of disparagement. Growing up in western Kentucky, he developed a passion for traditional music, and found that he possessed a knack for playing and singing bluegrass and Gospel songs. After relocating to Texas and obtaining both an MBA and [...]
Laura Greene sent along these photos of Lonesome River Band performing last week at Hope Cafe in Raleigh, NC.
