Bluegrass At Large

  • Horace Scruggs passes

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    Our friend Dennis Jones at WNCW in Charlotte, NC shared with us the news that Horace Scruggs, older brother of Earl Scruggs, passed away on July 19. Many stories have been told of how the Scruggs brothers would practice as

  • The Infamous Stingdusters!

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    The Infamous Stringdusters are pickin' up the country on their tour. There are free downloads available on their myspace page. To anyone who has not been lucky enough to see them yet,

  • Country Current on XM Studio Special

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    The guys from the US Navy Bluegrass Band, Country Current, are the featured guests this week on Kyle Cantrell's Studio Special series on XM Satellite Radio (Channel 14 - Bluegrass Junction). The show aired this morning at 8 AM EST,

  • Nashville road trip and new header images

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    John and I have been on a little road trip this week. The business of bluegrass brought us down out of the mountains of Southwest Virginia to visit Music City USA. We've been in Nashville since Monday afternoon, and have

  • Win a Henderson guitar

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    The Ola Belle Reed Homecoming Festival is sponsoring the raffle of a Wayne Henderson D-18 guitar to raise funds to further and preserve the music of their namesake. Ola Belle Reed was a singer, songwriter and banjo player who performed with

  • Inlay Art

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    Modern Guitars Magazine is an online publication dedicated to, you guessed it, guitars. They published a story on Monday about luthier/inlay artist Grit Laskin. Laskin is located in Toronto, Canada. His signature style is elaborate inlays in both headstock and fingerboard.

  • Washburn celebrates 125 years

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    The folks at Washburn Guitars are celebrating 2007 as their 125th year making and marketing musical instruments. The company was founded in 1887 by George Washburn Lyon, and located in a small factory in Chicago, IL. An early focus of Washburn

  • Larry Richardson tribute: 1927-2007

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    Former Blue Grass Boy Larry Richardson passed away on Fathers Day, June 17, after a six-month long battle with colon cancer. He died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Lake Butler, Florida. Born August 9, 1927, in the Galax

  • Randy Kohrs wins design award

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    Randy Kohrs is probably best known for his fantastic dobro playing and high tenor singing. He also has some notoriety as a producer and recording engineer. But now he's winning awards for design, no not graphic design, upholstery design! The June/July