There are some bands you encounter where it’s difficult to understand how they reached any level of prominence. Della Mae is not one of those bands. Their quick rise to one of the preeminent acoustic bands of our time is … Read More
Tara Linhardt is once again partnering with RiverArts and running a Bluegrass Intensive Weekend offering instruction on all the main bluegrass instruments. The workshop will be open to adult students at every level of instruction and experience. The camp will … Read More
Moonshiner’s Daughter is Cindy G.’s third album, coming behind her 2012 debut The Road, and her second effort Jailbreak. Her second album featured Sam Bush, Bryan Sutton, Seth Taylor, Rob Ickes, Todd Phillips, Scott Vestal, Aaron Ramsey, and Rhonda Vincent … Read More
I get the feeling the Gibson Brothers had a lot of fun making their latest album, Mockingbird, which was released in November 2018 by Easy Eye Sound. This record wasn’t conceived as a Bluegrass album, and, sure enough, it isn’t … Read More
Some of the greatest traditional bluegrass songs were apparently written by someone named “Public Domain” or “Traditional.” What kind of decent mother or father would name their child that? In this article I’m going to acquaint you with a songwriter … Read More
As a kid, I desperately wanted to be a cowboy. I dreamed of owning a horse, riding the range, and doing what cowboys did. And why wouldn’t I? Every night I slept under a cowboy blanket and my lunch box … Read More
This beautiful instrumental album presents eleven original tunes from rising mandolin star David Benedict. A sublime listen, The Golden Angle manages to be inventive and original while holding a delicate balance with traditional instrumental bluegrass. “Lawnmower” Featuring legendary Nashville pickers … Read More
We’ll cut to the quick; there seems to be two views on drums in bluegrass. The first take, to borrow a phrase from Bill Monroe, is “That ain’t no part of nothin.” The second take is to view the drums … Read More