Reviews

It's interesting how bluegrass music often becomes a destination rather than a point of origin. Interesting, but hardly surprising, given the fact that its populist precepts find common ground with so many bands that were weaned on the likes of

Lorraine Jordan finds Sue Lee in the crowd at Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies - photo © Bill Warren A change in dates and venue for this year's annual east Tennessee holiday bluegrass festival appears to be a success. "We had a

2022 Red Wine Bluegrass Party in Genoa, Italy - photo © Alessandro Ardy For the past decade and a half, our Italian friends in the Red Wine band have thrown a big concert every year to celebrate with their friends and

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road at Ole Smokey Moonshine (11/16/22) - photo © Bill Warren Wednesday evening brought an early Bluegrass Christmas in the Smokies kick off show held on the stage at Ole Smoky Moonshine in Gatlinburg, TN. For those

Little Roy & Lizzy Show at Headin' Home Fest '22 - photo by Libby Lindblom Following their very first run at hosting a festival, which was nearly interrupted by a hurricane, the Lindblom family (Headin' Home Bluegrass) shared this report from

Andy Leftwich needs no introduction for bluegrass lovers. For over fifteen years he served as a fiddler for Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder and has appeared on countless recordings with other artists as a session musician. The American Fiddler, Leftwich's third

Del McCoury Band at the 2022 Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The Mullins family, their staff, and volunteers showed why Industrial Strength Bluegrass was chosen as this year's Event of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music

David Stewart acquired the nickname "Waking Cowboy" when, in 1988, he made a 1,600 mile trek on foot from his native Wyoming to Nashville, where he was invited to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. It inspired a best-selling book,

This report on the Al Ras festival in Barcelona is a contribution from Michael Luchtan. We celebrated the 21st Al Ras Bluegrass and Old Time Music festival on the first weekend of November, 2022. This was the first time since 2019 that

Most bluegrass Gospel recordings tend to go in one of two directions. They either contain bluegrass renditions of classic hymns or they're a mixture of familiar spirituals with some original material to round it out. Daniel Crabtree's latest gospel release,