Author: John Curtis Goad

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with the Bluegrass Weather Report for this first week of December.  

Bluegrass music has often celebrated the life of the working man and the small town he lives in. North Carolina’s Unspoken Tradition, a new group based out of Asheville and Cherryville, embodies that theme in their debut release, Simple Little

Bluegrass fans got an inside look at the recording process this past Sunday, November 24, when Hunter Berry gathered some of his closest and most talented friends at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia to record a new, live

As the weather gets colder and lights, tinsel, and garland start appearing at stores everywhere, it's easy to know Christmas is getting closer. And with that also comes Christmas music, and the release of new holiday albums by some of

Over the years, Lexington, KY has served as home to a number of talented bluegrass musicians, perhaps most notably J.D. Crowe and, in the 1970s, the now-famous early incarnations of the New South that headlined at Lexington's Red Slipper Lounge.

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with the Bluegrass Weather Report for this week, brought to you by everyone's favorite, Bluegrass Jam.  

When Junior Sisk took the stage Thursday night, it had been eighteen years to the month since he had played at the Down Home in Johnson City, TN. That time, it was playing with Wyatt Rice and Santa Cruz; last

Many of the bands who claim old time influences these days really have more of a folk or Americana style, with traditional songs set to a more modern sound. Brian Vollmer, a banjo and fiddle player originally from Maryland (where

When banjo players release solo albums, they often choose to showcase their skill and speed with a selection of instrumental tracks. They tear into Scruggs tunes, offer unique originals, and perhaps throw in some more progressive tracks for good measure.

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with an Extra Special Halloween edition of the Bluegrass Weather Report. Boo!