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Ned Luberecki and Stephen Mougin are a pair of busy bluegrass boys. Both serve as sidemen and band members with different outfits (Chris Jones and Sam Bush respectively), and have "regular jobs" in the biz as well. Ned is an on-air host on Sirius-XM's Bluegrass Junction, and Stephen operates a studio, Dark Shadow Recording. When they have some free time, they tour as [...]
Guest Trivia Master – Matt Glaser This month’s guest is a big shot fiddle player, who—it says on his bio—was originally inspired to play fiddle from “watching a corn chip commercial.” Come on, I mean, it was Fritos, right Matt? You were inspired by Fritos. Okay, not Fritos, but the music in the background. So [...]
This past weekend was a big one for bluegrass at the Berklee College of Music. Not only did the school award Alison Krauss an honorary doctorate, and feature some of their talented bluegrass students and recent graduates in the big pre-commencement concert on Friday night, Saturday saw one of our youngest bluegrass stars, Sierra Hull, [...]
The Berklee College of Music is in the habit of handing out honorary degrees as a part of their annual commencement ceremony, as are many colleges and universities around the world. Of course, Berklee selects its honorees from within the music community, offering such tributes to artists who have distinguished themselves through their oeuvre, as [...]
The acoustic music world was shocked last month to learn of the sudden passing of John McGann, a musician who had distinguished himself over many years of excellence in both performance and instruction. John was serving on the faculty of the Berklee College of Music in Boston at the time of his death, and was [...]
Molly Tuttle, she of The Tuttles with AJ Lee, took the top prize in the General Category of the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at last weekend's MerleFest in North Wilkesboro, NC. In addition to performing with her family band based in California, Molly is a student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She [...]
And the sad news just keeps coming... John McGann, noted instrumentalist and acoustic music educator passed away this morning in Boston. He was on the faculty at the Berklee College of Music where he taught mandolin and guitar, and led a number of string ensembles. He was also a gifted performer who was conversant in [...]
We posted about The Tuttles with AJ Lee just a week ago, noting that the band of young pickers had been signed with Roe Entertainment for artist representation. What we didn't know at the time was the fact that this Bay Area group had cleaned up at the Northern California Bluegrass Society awards show on January 28. [...]
Tony Trischka was last week's special Master Class presenter at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. As we reported this Spring, a major anonymous donor has made it possible for Berklee to bring in top professional banjoists each semester for the benefit of the school's growing population of enrolled banjo students. Berklee professor and [...]
Swiss-born North Carolina banjo wizard Jens Kruger spent two days earlier this week at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, sharing his wisdom with the banjo students there. His visit was sponsored by the Berklee American Roots Music Program, and made possible by the support of the Banjo Artist Residencies program, funded by a [...]
