Opinion / Humor

I don't know if you've noticed this, but bluegrass songs about bluegrass are more popular than ever. They seem to get airplay and the charts continue to be full of them. What's not to like? It's the music we love

I was flying out of the Nashville airport recently, and I passed by a large, prominently displayed electronic sign, which said the following: "Plane Truth #1: BNA stands for Best National Airport. For real" (BNA is Nashville's airport code). Then

Esquire magazine recently published a list of the top 30 conspiracy theories prevalent in the United States. They ranged from the faked moon landing and flat earth theories to the one about Disney making Frozen as a distraction from the

Since it has been established in the advertising world that if you can identify a niche, you can target it, it was probably inevitable that we would one day see the rise of bluegrass men's cologne.  Bluegrass women's fragrances had already

The smartphone, especially the smartphone with video camera, has changed a lot of things in our society. Just ask any politician who has had video of something he or she said posted to social media that directly contradicted yesterday's statement,

In this recurring column, bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson answers your questions about his storied musical career. To ask a question, either comment below, or send us your question by email. Howdy folks howdy... (my best imitation of Mr Monroe) and I

If you've ridden an Uber or Lyft lately, or stayed in an AirBnB, you know that the "gig economy" is the big trend in employment, especially in the service industry, and it's likely here to stay. People everywhere are becoming

In this recurring column, bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson answers your questions about his storied musical career. To ask a question, either comment below, or send us your question by email. Here we go again down memory lane of my musical journey.

In the past we've discussed the issue of naming bands; I even offered a band-naming kit, in which you take an adjective (e.g. "blue," "lonesome," "grease-stained") and combine it with an article in nature or rustic mode of transportation (e.g.

There was interesting response to last week’s discussion about naming bands after their "hit" songs. One grammar specialist thought it should have been "Doyle Lawson and The Yellows River"rather than "Yellow Rivers," but at this point that seems like splitting hairs. Straying