Author: Richard Thompson

Here is another Light In The Window post from Richard F. Thompson. A variation of this piece has been published in British Bluegrass News. Light In The Window - A series of rambles about CDs by bluegrassmercury It has been a long

Mike Seeger: August 15, 1933  - August 7, 2009 Musician, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, collector, teacher, advocate, record engineer and producer, field-recordist, archivist, folklorist, historian and cultural scholar. Adjectives abound; individually or collectively they cannot begin to describe the influence Mike Seeger

A bit of research has revealed a book about bluegrass music that we missed from our recent bulletin. I Hear a Voice Calling - A Bluegrass Memoir is Gene Lowinger's photo journal that captures Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys

Here is another Light In The Window post from Richard F. Thompson. A variation of this piece has been published in British Bluegrass News. A fourth installment will be along in a week or so. Light In The Window - A series

Recently we have commented at length about the forthcoming Ralph Stanley autobiography. We though that you might be interested in some other bluegrass-related reading matter due for publication in the near future. A book about Tony Rice is scheduled to be released

This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us. Mark Brinkman has been around music all his life. He grew up in Wisconsin

Last December we mentioned that the recently formed bluegrass Gospel quintet Wheeler, from Weber City, VA, had signed with Mountain Roads Recordings. Their first album following that agreement, Bluegrass Gospel, becomes available today (August 1st). Wheeler consists of the husband and

Ralph Stanley is to publish his autobiography, Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times on October 15. The book covers Stanley's entire musical career, from his start in 1946 as the younger member of the Stanley Brothers through to his

This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us. Jon Weisberger became serious about writing songs in 1998, having taken up the bass

Multi-instrumental legend Sam Bush is to receive the Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement for Instrumentalist award at a ceremony later in the year. Bush will be presented with the award at the 8th Annual Americana Honors and Awards ceremony, which