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Paying tribute to Bill Monroe with a recording of his songs presents a different challenge than it would for any other musician I can think of. The prime mover behind the creation of bluegrass music, his output forms more of the standard repertoire of his genre than, say, Louis Armstrong's does for jazz or Robert [...]
David Grisman isn't just a mandolin player, composer, producer, musical innovator and historian. He’s also a listener — a voracious listener. It might surprise you to know that he’s often in the audience at concerts of many of his musical peers (a term I use lightly as none really have had the journey of the Dawg.) [...]
David Grisman, aka Dawg, has joined those celebrating Bill Monroe's 100th birthday with a newly-released CD, Dawg Plays Big Mon - Happy Birthday Bill Monroe (ACD 77). One Sunday morning in 1961, Ralph Rinzler invited 16-year old David Grisman to see Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys play at New River Ranch in Rising [...]
Jim Hurst is on the west coast, where last week he spent some time rehearsing and recording for a new album with David Grisman and his son Sam. Jim is a two-time winner of the IBMA Guitar Player of the Year award, former member of Claire Lynch's band, and a popular solo performer and studio [...]
Rhino Records has resurrected the sole album from the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Almost Acoustic, recorded live in 1988. They have also released the group's only other recording, Ragged But Right, a second set of live takes that has lain fallow this past 20 years. Devoted Dead Heads know that Garcia was a serious student [...]
A first single has been released from Bobby Osborne's upcoming 60th Anniversary album on Rural Rhythm, Memories: Celebrating Bobby’s 60th Anniversary as a Professional Entertainer. The project will be a mix of newly recorded material and classic tracks from Osborne's six decades in the biz. The single is Bring Back Yesterday, recorded with Bobby's touring [...]
It was almost 35 years ago that the debut album from The David Grisman Quintet was released. It hit the bluegrass and acoustic music world like a sledgehammer, and opened a window of opportunity for an entire generation of pickers eager to experiment with new forms and sounds using the traditional bluegrass instruments. Grisman's bands [...]
It was almost 35 years ago that the debut album from The David Grisman Quintet was released. It hit the bluegrass and acoustic music world like a sledgehammer, and opened a window of opportunity for an entire generation of pickers eager to experiment with new forms and sounds using the traditional bluegrass instruments. Grisman's bands [...]
Photographer Bill Merlavage was in attendance at DelFest this past Memorial Day weekend in Maryland, and would seem to have had his camera close at hand all four days. He tells us that it was a fantastic show this year. Bill captured the vibe of the weekend in a large gallery of photos posted on [...]
Photojournalist Phil Zimmerman has released a book of his photos taken during the early days of the bluegrass festival era. Bluegrass Time: A Musician's Photographs of the Early Days of Bluegrass Festivals contains 95 photos taken between 1972 and 1984 in a 64 page book. The perspective of the book focuses on the time when [...]
