• Ocean Lakes survives Irene

    This festival report comes from T.J. Boley, who we hope will be one of our regular correspondents when the site relaunches in September. Ocean Lakes Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, S.C. would seem to be the perfect venue for a Bluegrass

  • 2011 IBMA Awards press conference

    This report comes from Amanda Webb, who will be one of our regular correspondents when the site relaunches in September. Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out delivered two mood-setting numbers that matched to electricity racing through the crowd in the Loveless

  • Blaine Sprouse remembers Kenny Baker

    This tender recollection of fiddle great Kenny Baker is a contribution from Blaine Sprouse, himself a noted fiddler with wide experience in the bluegrass world. When I was about eight years old, I had been playing guitar for a couple of

  • Sendai Bluegrass Festival report

    Sab Watanabe and Shyotaro Tsuchiya collaborated on this report on the Sendai Bluegrass Festival in Japan, held July 30. It has been edited from their original for clarity of translation. The Sendai Bluegrass Festival was held in Motokajicho-Park, Sendai-City, Miyagi-Prefecture on

  • Memories of Tony Pass

    This remembrance of Tony Pass is a contribution from David E. Schenkman, proprietor of Turtle Hill Banjo Co., and one of Tony's dear friends in the banjo community. Last Tuesday (7/26) Linda Pass called to give me the sad news that

  • Sunday at RockyGrass

    This post combines Jason Lombard's photos, and Jake Schepps' report from Sunday at RockyGrass. Jake's upcoming album banjo album based on the music of Béla Bartok, An Evening In The Village, is due for release on October 4. Audio samples

  • Memories of Tony Pass

    This remembrance of Tony Pass is a contribution from David E. Schenkman, proprietor of Turtle Hill Banjo Co., and one of Tony's dear friends in the banjo community. Last Tuesday (7/26) Linda Pass called to give me the sad news that