Bluegrass At Large

Rick Faris has had quite a run in bluegrass music. Still a fairly young man, he has gone from playing in his family's band as a teen, to touring the world with Special Consensus, to being a successful solo recording

Bourgeois Guitars has introduced two new models as part of their continuing collaboration with the Eastman Music Company and their manufacturing facilities in Bazhou, China. This partnership allows the company to offer hand-crafted, solid wood guitars, designed by Dana Bourgeois,

Deering has introduced a new set of banjos in its Goodtime series, meant as a tribute to the Art Deco period of the 1920s in the United States. Hardwood neck inlays and bronze powder coated metal parts convey the design

Last night in Nashville, during the Crandall Creek performance at the Station Inn, Madeline "Maddie" Murray was awarded the inaugural $5,000 Steve Gulley Memorial Scholarship, to be given each year to a notable young bluegrass artist in honor of one

Last month was a joyous one for the Grascals family, as two members of the band, guitarist/vocalist John Bryan and fiddler Jamie Harper, welcomed new baby boys! Jackson Oliver Bryan came first, born to John and Ashlynn Bryan on July 5

Today (July 21), bluegrass fiddle virtuoso Bobby Hicks turns 90 years old. Last night, a birthday bash/jam was held in his honor at Zuma Coffee & Provisions in Marshall, NC, near his western North Carolina home. An overflowing crowd which

The internationally recognized bluegrass and old-time retail music institution, County Sales, is celebrating 50 years at its base in Floyd, Virginia, and to mark the anniversary they will be hosting an Open House during the weekend of August 4-6, 2023. Open

Fog Holler at the Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival in the Netherlands - photo © Kianna Mott-Smith Fog Holler is a young bluegrass band from Portland, OR with a modern approach to this traditional art form. Or as they like to say, "It’s a

Scott Napier accepting a new Alvarez AD-60 from Todd Yates Scott Napier is doing it again…connecting a deserving youth with a new musical instrument. A couple months ago, he presented one of his young music students a guitar donated by one

Danny Stewart Jr, a popular bluegrass touring artist, has acquired the Turtle Hill Banjo Company in LaPlata, MD, and will be its new owner/operator. Stewart purchased the company from its founder, long time vintage banjo collector and authority, Dave Schenkman,