Bluegrass has always been a music by and for the masses. One of the pioneers of the feel-good fast-pickin’ genre in the 1940s ...
A few years ago, the members of Blackstrap Bluegrass pulled together a detailed history of their Bend-based string band. At the beginning of the second sentence, it makes a disclaimer: “The memories,” ...
Boulder-raised Dylan McCarthy and the other members of Jake Leg are no strangers to the Front Range bluegrass community. McCarthy, the group’s principal songwriter, and his talented bandmates have ...
Tyler Grant is one hard-driving musician. If he’s not teaching guitar lessons online through his ArtistWorks academy or guiding a bluegrass-themed rafting trip in Colorado or Utah, he’s probably on ...
Jerry Williams Jr. has a simple reason for deciding to record a bluegrass album: He doesn’t know how much more time he has left to do it. At 81 years old, the cult R&B singer, songwriter and producer, ...
Banjoists Alison Brown and Steve Martin's first collaborative album, Safe, Sensible and Sane, comes out today on Brown's Compass Records, but the pair never intended to make a full-fledged album - let ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Future/Phil Barker We first interviewed Molly Tuttle back in 2019 when she was playing a ...
The concept of Industrial Strength Bluegrass continues to expand, this time literally in the form of a double vinyl collection of “Industrial Strength Bluegrass.” The new edition, out today, May 3 by ...
What is "The Blackest Thing on the Menu"? When Pensacola's Five Sisters Blues Café featured a special Juneteenth menu this summer, the answer was Blackened Shrimp and Grits. But "The Blackest Thing on ...
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings took home Best Bluegrass Album at last night’s 67th Annual Grammy Awards for his acclaimed record, Live Vol. 1. Strings’ first live ...
Some musicians do their best work alone. On the other hand, some artists do their best work in groups. Concerning the latter, collaborative work has flooded and continues to flood the genre of country ...