Author: Tara Linhardt

The Kids Academy on Sunday at the 2026 Joe Val Bluegrass Festival - photo © Tara Linhardt I had to drive home to Virginia on Sunday, so unfortunately I missed so much great music on all the stages and the hallways at

Whitney Roy with The Hazel Project at Joe Val '26 - photo © Tara Linhardt Saturday at the 2026 Joe Val Bluegrass Festival was a day full of music, workshops of all kinds, Kids Academy practices, jams throughout the hotel, and

Danny Paisley and Mark Delaney at the 2026 Joe Val Bluegrass Festival - photo © Tara Linhardt February 12-15 2026 brought back the Joe Val Festival with its great line up of main stage and showcase acts, and its many workshops

Tom Gray showing a photo of Bill Monroe at a jam in his basement - photo © Tara Linhardt Over this past weekend, Tara Linhardt visited legendary bluegrass bassist Tom Gray at his home, and recorded this video of their conversation.

The Bluegrass Journeymen Academy (BJA) has just completed its first eight-week module of bluegrass music instruction for school age children in Kathmandu, Nepal. Banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and upright bass were taught by American bluegrass music educators as part of

Kids Academy performance at the 2025 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival - photo © Tara Lindhardt In years past the Kids Academy performed on the last day of the Grey Fox festival, which was Sunday. This year the organizers shifted when the

Johnny & The Yooahoos at the 2025 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival - photo © Tara Linhardt All day and late into the evening the music and dancing and friend making continued each day of the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival. Here is a

Alice Gerrard performing with Laurie Lewis and Della Mae at Grey Fox 2025 - photo © Tara Linhardt As always, the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in New York was full of people smiling and reuniting with old friends, and making new

Casey Driessen at the 2024 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival - photo © Tara Linhardt Saturday at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in Oak Hill, NY was definitely chocked full of some of the nation's top acts in the world of bluegrass. But

Rob McCoury at the 2024 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival - photo © Tara Linhardt By Friday morning the whole community of Grey Fox is up and running with the campground neighborhoods, options for morning meditation class, yoga class taught by Jill