Friday, October 20, 2023 @ 7:30pm Unitarian Fellowship 67 S. Randolph Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY – Poughkeekeepie, NY 12603 $20/Members $25/Non-Members We are at a loss for words to describe the utter devastation of losing one of America’s greatest and most … Read More
Lynn Lipton, videographer Special thanks to the Marist Center for Lifetime Study and to the HVBA musicians who gave a WOW presentation of bluegrass music. Andy Bing, dobo David Chernack, fiddle August Eriksmoen, mando Joan Harrison, banjo Eric Marshall, bass … Read More
A huge thank you goes out to Andy Bing and the members of the Blue Mask Boys (David Chernack, August Eriksmoen, Eric Marshall, Brandon Whightsel, and Joan Harrison for introducing bluegrass music as an American Music Genre in the first … Read More
In the last chapter I reviewed my first live bluegrass shows, which included none other than Flatt & Scruggs in Aug 1964 at Sunset Park in Pennsylvania. After I got home and Mom got the snapshot developed of Earl posing … Read More
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023 TRIVIA QUESTION Who used this little “joke” somewhere under a million times, when introducing young band members to the audience? “Now you girls and ladies, this next feller might interest you cause hasn’t yet been murdered, uh, … Read More
Since the 1960s, David Grisman has been redefining what that mandolin means in bluegrass—and even what bluegrass means itself. With a laundry list of collaborators from Andy Statman to Jerry Garcia to Ricky Skaggs to John Hartford, Grisman’s unmistakable “Dawg” … Read More
Ali Krayer has been playing music most of her life. Formerly a professional drummer, she has performed in dive bars, the Kennedy Center and everything in between. Back in college she played percussion for a mandolin player and fell in … Read More
Have about one hour to sit down and learn more about the history of the banjo? Dick Bowden has alerted us to this wonderful documentary. He writes: “A great 52 minute British documentary on the history of the banjo in … Read More
Whether it’s down in the mines or on the chain gang, hammers feature somewhat heavily in bluegrass music. This includes classics like “Big Spike Hammer” on the Bluegrass Album Band’s California Connection and “Nine Pound Hammer” on the Tony Rice … Read More
Dan Tyminski has shown himself to be an artist with a strong understanding of what makes good modern bluegrass. Having been an instrumental architect of the genre’s return to the American zeitgeist through his role in O Brother Where Art … Read More