Jim Hurst is an IBMA award-winning guitar player and singer. His resume is long and his recognition is well earned. I think it is fair to say that Hurst is a musician’s musician. He is versatile, relaxed and ready to … Read More
Jimmy Martin was one of the founding fathers of bluegrass music, from the generation of musicians just after Bill Monroe who helped make Monroe’s very personal style of mountain string band music into a genre of American roots music. Martin … Read More
This Contest is Closed The winners are: Andy Bing Gary DiGiovanni Todd Evans Chris Scheu click photo to enlarge JULY 1, 2022 TRIVIA QUESTION When Flatt & Scruggs split up acrimoniously in 1969 (think lawsuits about lots of money) Earl … Read More
Sunday – July 10th 3-5pm Poughkeepsie Day School 260 Boardman Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY This concert will now be indoors (air-conditioned) and have plenty of seats. $20/Members $25/Non-Members Hailing from opposite ends of the Appalachian mountains, Zoe & Cloyd is renowned … Read More
This Contest is Closed The “real” winner is Andy Bing The “wannabe” winner is Steve Lipton click photo to enlarge JUNE 16, 2022 TRIVIA QUESTION What do the following bluegrass artists/organizations have in common? Rhonda Vincent John Hartford CJ Lewandowski … Read More
Hey, you got old-time in my bluegrass!” Old-time music, like bluegrass, is the combination of centuries of influence from Scotland and Africa—yet it’s still uniquely American. In old-time, instrumentalists don’t take solos as they would in bluegrass, meaning that energy … Read More
This Contest is Closed Oh, NO!! There were no winners this week. Dick Bowden stumped ALL of you!!! JUNE 3, 2022 TRIVIA QUESTION Which of the following is a TRUE statement? Mac Wiseman recorded the TV theme song for the … Read More
Summer is nearly here and that means that bluegrass festival season is upon us. This summer is especially exciting for bluegrass fans, promising (fingers crossed) a full line up of festivals for the first time since 2019. For fans, including … Read More
On the Bus with Bill Monroe My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass By Mark Hembree New this spring is an interesting and entertaining book by bassist Mark Hembree who was a Blue Grass Boy from 1979 to … Read More
