We wrote on Monday about the disastrous flooding in middle Tennessee, and the efforts of locals, including bluegrass artist Daryl Mosley, to raise funds to assist those left homeless from substantial rainfall on August 21. Another set of storms caused serious
Grand finale with Marian at Mohelnický FolkFest in Czechia - photo by Matt Scutchfield This review of the Mohelnický FolkFest in Mohelnice, Czechia is a contribution from Matt Scutchfield, a music vlogger, journalist, graduate of Berklee College of Music, and current associate concert
Anyone who knows her realizes that Kristin Scott Benson is a musician of the highest caliber, as her multiple IBMA Banjo Player of the Year awards can attest, but also that she is among the most thoughtful and intelligent people
This article, written by Anni Beach, originally appeared in The Cornerstone, the newsletter of The IBMA Foundation. They have agreed to let us republish it to reach a wider audience. It also helps explain why she was chosen as Mentor
The Del McCoury Band at RockyGrass 2021 - photo by Kevin Slick This RockyGrass 2021 report is a contribution from Kevin Slick, President of The Colorado Bluegrass Music Society, and an avid picker and photographer in the region. RockyGrass returned to Lyons,
Junior Sisk at the 2021 Starvy Creek Summer Bluegrass Festival - photo by Charlie Herbst This past weekend, the 36th annual Starvy Creek Summer Bluegrass festival was held in Conway, MO. Festival promoters decided to call the 2021 festival the 36th
The Blue Canyon Boys at the 2021 High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival - photo by Kevin Slick Kevin Slick, President of The Colorado Bluegrass Music Society, sent along these photos from the High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival last weekend.
This remembrance is a contribution from Mark Stoffel, mandolinist with Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, a native of Germany. The German bluegrass scene is mourning the loss of one of its most beloved and iconic members. Dieter Rahner, multi-instrumentalist, founder
This report is a contribution from Audie Finnell, who also provided the photos. The Armuchee Bluegrass Festival kicked off its 49th consecutive season over the past Memorial Day Weekend in Georgia, with a few changes due to the ongoing, yet diminishing
This look back to the first time Hot Rize visited France in 1980 comes in three parts. First we have the recollections of Charley Sifaqui, a French journalist, banjo picker, and bluegrass lover who had the honor of accompanying the
