Great Live Bluegrass- Playlist
If you’re a bluegrass fan, you have a memory of seeing a great band play live. Whether at a festival or in a concert hall, live bluegrass has a great energy to it—and live recordings are a great way to … Read More
HVBA June Concert – Magnolia Street String Band
June 19 @ 3pm Poughkeepsie Day School Rain or Shine This concert is scheduled to be outdoors. Please bring your own lawn chairs. In the event of rain or excessive heat, we will be in the James Earl Jones Theater. … Read More
May 20, 2022: Mac Wiseman Trivia
This Contest is Closed The winners are Cecelia Chilton & Andy Bing click photo to enlarge MAY 20, 2022 TRIVIA QUESTION Let’s think about the late Mac Wiseman, huh? He was known as “The Voice with a Heart”. Although a … Read More
Bluegrass Covers- Playlist
Who’s ready for some more bluegrass covers? I love bluegrass bands who look to all corners of the musical pantheon to bring in songs that were never intended to be played in a bluegrass style—then they do it anyway! This … Read More
Jerry Douglas-The World’s Greatest Dobro Player
In the world of bluegrass Dobro guitar playing, three names stand above the rest—Josh Graves, Mike Auldridge, and Jerry Douglas. All of them were innovators; each took the acoustic steel guitar to music and places it had not been before. … Read More
May 6, 2022 Trivia Question
This Contest is Closed [sigh] There were no winners this week. MAY 6, 2022 TRIVIA QUESTION What was the very first bluegrass recording? Let’s hear from those of you who haven’t won previously. Come on in, the water’s fine!! Foggy … Read More
Best of 2000s- Playlist
The 2000s were an interesting decade for bluegrass. Riding high off the genre’s revival in the late 1990s and early 2000s from Dolly Parton’s The Grass Is Blue and the Coen Brothers’ O Brother Where Art Thou, artists in this … Read More
Trivia for April 22, 2022 – Most Famous Living Banjo Player
This Contest is Closed The winners are: Andy Bing Ken Gallagher Betsy Rome click photo to enlarge APRIL 22, 2022 TRIVIA QUESTION Who is the most famous living 5 string banjo player in the country? ANSWER is “Steve Martin” Additional … Read More
Bluegrass Masters: Mandolin – Playlist
The mandolin is an interesting instrument with an interesting history. Though some may associate its gentle 8-string tones with mobster flicks and the music of the 1920s, for us there’s no question—the mandolin is the backbone of bluegrass! Bill Monroe … Read More
Review: The Del McCoury Band – Almost Proud
I grew up playing guitar in rock bands, and though I was aware of bluegrass through the same channels as everyone else (Beverly Hillbillies, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Bonnie and Clyde), I didn’t pay much attention to bluegrass until … Read More