Bluegrass At Large

As a former schoolteacher, John Bowman was “just so struck with grief” by the news that 26 people had been killed by a shooter at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., in December. “It just hit me in the gut,”

If you catch Missy Raines playing a show in the next few weeks, it’ll be hard to miss her newest accessory – a dark sling to help immobilize her right arm and shoulder. Missy fell in a Y gym in mid-January, fracturing the humerus

Congratulations to Steep Canyon Rangers, whose Nobody Knows You album was just announced as the winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for the Best Bluegrass Album. The Goat Rodeo Sessions (Yo Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan) was awarded

Last Thursday evening at SPBMA we had a nice chat with George Gruhn, proprietor of the legendary Gruhn Guitars in Nashville. He shared that the shop is preparing a move across town, leaving the bright lights of Broadway behind. Since 1970, Gruhn's

Everybody loves a wedding, and what could be better than a bluegrass wedding on the beach? That is just what Danny Stewart and Ashley Wiese had last week when they tied the knot in Florida after spending a week at sea on

Terry and I have been enjoying spending time here at SPBGMA with so many of the fine folks who create, promote, broadcast and write this wonderful bluegrass music we love so well. Roland White spent much of the afternoon at the

On Thursday at SPBGMA, Rhonda Vincent shared a fun story from the Twitterverse. As her fans well understand, Rhonda is a tireless proponent of social media, spending bus and plane time updating her Facebook and Twitter feeds, sharing her travels with

Travis Book, bassist and vocalist with The Infamous Stringdusters, and his wife, singer and songwriter Sarah Siskind, are celebrating the birth of their first child. Ruby Dell Book was born on Thursday morning (1/31) at 4:10 a.m. (EST), weighing in at

On this day ….. On January 28, 1984, soulful bluegrass singer and mandolin player Earl Taylor died. Earl Taylor was born on June 17, 1929, in rural Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia.  He was the leader of one of the more significant

This piece, which started as a series of questions for James Reams from Richard Thompson, is in its final form a contribution from Kim Crecca. We hope to include similar artist profiles in the coming months Originally from southeastern Kentucky, James Reams