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Kentucky bluegrass singer and songwriter Dale Pyatt passed away on April 15 in hospice care in Richmond, KY. He was 59 years of age. Owing to the COVID-19 restrictions, there was no public funeral. Dale was buried in Missouri near

Jack Tottle (far right) with friends picking on his porch on the Big Island Chris Wejrowski, Anne Pontius, Jim Blue, Phyllis Erck, Forrest Arnold, Jack Tottle This bit of practice motivation for bluegrass pickers comes from Jack Tottle, founder and Professor Emeritus

For more than three decades, singer-songwriter Daryl Mosley has applied his warm-as-country-sunshine voice and thoughtful lyrics to a wealth of memorable material. Throughout the 1990s, he toured as lead vocalist with much-celebrated bluegrass group, The New Tradition, then joined the

The following comes to us from Jack Tottle, Professor Emeritus, and founder of the East Tennessee State University Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music Program. Although retired for several years, Jack continues his work to preserve the memories of bluegrass

This interview was conducted in February 2018. It was meant to be the first episode of a new radio show focused on the craft of songwriting that never panned out. Tim O'Brien is a great hero of mine, and a

John Kaparakis on second guitar with Clarence White and The New Kentucky Colonels John Kaparakis, bluegrass guitarist and tenor singer, passed away earlier this month at what we believe was 83 years of age. This remembrance of his life is a

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have been touring out on the west coast, and have sent us regular reports with photos from the west coast. Here is their final installment, from Lorraine and bassist/vocalist Randy Graham. The final stop of our

This post is a contribution from Bryan Bolea with 529 Photography, a connoisseur of modern bluegrass and contemporary acoustic music in Ann Arbor, MI. After recording a February 29 show at The Caverns, Railroad Earth headed north for shows in Indianapolis

This contribution comes from David VanGelder in Tucson, AZ, a photographer and songwriter who fronts a bluegrass band called The Dust Devils. There may have been only one open air live music festival in the country this weekend, and it was

Tony Trischka leads a banjo workshop at the 2020 Barcelona Bluegrass Camp This report on the 5th annual Barcelona Bluegrass Camp is a contribution from Xavier Cardús, a banjo player and bluegrass enthusiast in Barcelona. The temperature was pleasantly perfect and the