Author: John Curtis Goad

Some folks, when asked to define bluegrass music, might simply hand you a picture of Bill Monroe. Others might put forth an argument about banjos, or harmonies, or electric instruments. Many folks in recent years have been leaning toward a

The family band is experiencing a renewal in bluegrass music, with talented kids and their supportive parents popping up everywhere these days. While family bands are a great vehicle to launch careers of young instrumental prodigies, it’s also nice to

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week's Bluegrass Weather Report, taking a peek at the Baygrass Bluegrass Festival in Islamorada, FL.  

Everywhere you look these days, there’s a talented group of kids popping up in bluegrass music. They pick, they sing, and they’re all over YouTube. Some are more traditional, some are fabulous at the contemporary grass sound, and many mesh

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with this week's Bluegrass Weather Report (without the weather), looking at the Bluegrass Superclass festival in Perrysburg, OH.  

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with a year-end Bluegrass Weather Report, looking at a pair of New Years events.  

As a Bluegrass Today reviewer – not to mention as a bluegrass fan in general - I listen to a lot of music throughout the year. Most of it’s good, some of it’s not so good, but a few albums

On their website. Staunton, Virginia-based band Bourbon Barrel Congress describes their sound as one that “blurs the lines between bluegrass, old-time, folk and country music.” It’s a good description, at least of their debut, self-titled album, which bounces from old-time

Here's our Special Christmas Correspondent with this week's Bluegrass Weather Report. It would seem that we are all taking the week off.  

Although I was able to see most of the 1990s and 2000s versions of J.D. Crowe & the New South, I never got the chance to attend a performance by what many people consider the classic lineups of the New