This Contest is Closed The winners are: Dick Stock Todd Evans Gayle Yeomans click photo to enlarge OCTOBER 27, 2023 TRIVIA QUESTION Let’s talk about current-day bluegrass instrument makers. Gibson no longer makes banjos at all. Kay doesn’t make bass … Read More
Murder ballads, hard drinking, conniving thievery, and other crimes feature heavily in the bluegrass canon. It’s all fun and games until those characters end up in the county pen—and that’s what this playlist is all about! Blue Highway, Mile Twelve, … Read More
Bringing Bluegrass Music to Students in Stringendo’s Strawberry Hill Fiddlers Program About a month ago, I received an invitation to visit with the Strawberry Hill Fiddlers and teach their fiddle students about bluegrass music. As a Strawberry Hill Fiddlers alumnus, … Read More
Lynn Lipton, videographer On October 17, 2023, the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association presented a concert/workshop for the Strawberry Hill Fiddlers. The complete story is told here by David Chernack, President of the HVBA and a former Strawberry Fiddler. The Blue … Read More
Friday, November 17th 7:30pm – 9:30pm Unitarian Fellowship, 67 S Randolph Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Tickets: Door sales only! HVBA Members: $20 Non-members: $25 Formed in 2013, Rock Hearts brings together five seasoned musicians from Southern New England who love … Read More
David Chernack, President of the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association, was asked to return to “In Touch,” a local radio station (WRRV) to follow up on his last, very successful, interview. We hope you’ll take some time to listen to David … Read More
Bluegrass has changed a lot in the twenty-first century. New pickers have continued to raise the bar of instrumental prowess while the previous generations have continued their development of the genre, with arcs dating as far back as the 1970s. … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winners are Tom Behan and Gary Veeder click photo to enlarge OCTOBER 13, 2023 TRIVIA QUESTION Jimmy Martin was known as “The King of Bluegrass”. Whom did The Wall Street Journal call the “Queen of … Read More
Growing the Network – 1960s and 1970 In the last chapter I reviewed the growing bluegrass community around Maine and New England and getting more contact with the top people of bluegrass music like Don Reno. In the late 1960s … Read More
Young folks have contributed a lot to bluegrass music over the years, and continue to do so. Back when they were young bucks in their twenties, now-established bluegrass legends like David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, Eric Weissberg, and others helped push … Read More