Bluegrass At Large

The Folk Shop, an acoustic music mecca in Tucson since 1986, is up for sale for the second time in its 29 years. These days, we don't often hear about retail operations surviving two different owners. Sounds like The Folk Shop is

David Bromberg - photo by Harald Krichel The US Library of Congress has announced a major gift, a donation of personal papers from folk, bluegrass and old time musician David Bromberg to their American Folklife Center. Bromberg has been a prominent guitarist, fiddler,

Among the many interesting people we met this year at the World of Bluegrass convention were Damon Postle and Danny Bermel, a pair of doctoral students at the University of Georgia. They are in the process of developing pre-service teacher training in

Anastasia Gusyev, Elena Michenok, and Vladimir Gusyev on stage with Sunrise at the Saint Petersburg Country Club - photo by Alisa Kustikova “It was twenty years ago today, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play…” Quick – what are the first 5 things

The Louise Scruggs Memorial Forum, an annual event remembering the contributions that Louise made to the business side of bluegrass and country music, will this year honor the late Dixie Hall for her work as a songwriter, publisher, journalist, label head and philanthropist

Travis Book, bass player with Infamous Stringdusters, and his wife, singer/songwriter Sarah Siskind, are celebrating the birth of their second child. Ry Davis Book was born on October 23 at 10:04 a.m. at Park Ridge Hospital in Hendersonville, NC. He came in

The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC has caught the attention of music fans worldwide since it's opening in January of 2014. The modern museum, established in an historic restored courthouse, celebrates the life and music of Earl Scruggs, and the

What could be lovelier than a fall bluegrass wedding? On Friday, October 23, Lynwood Lunsford and Shelly Pugh were married in Virginia. Lynwood is the banjo player with Big Country Bluegrass and, prior to coming on board with them, spent many

Governor Steve Beshear presents Sam Bush with a Governor's Award - photo by Tina White May Yesterday in Frankfort, KY, Governor Steve Beshear honored nine of the Commonwealth's most creative people and organizations with Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Among those presented with an award

Tara Linhardt, the driving force behind the two recent Guinness Book of World Record attempts for the largest mandolin ensemble during recent Old Fiddlers Conventions in Galax, VA, has released a forlorn statement on their most recent quest. It seems that a