Reviews

Concept albums are fairly prevalent in music history, the idea having been more recently adopted within the bluegrass genre. Scott Hopkins, a banjoist and music instructor based in Albany, New York has taken a creative step forward with his second

Fast Track at the 2024 Marshall Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren The 27th Marshall Bluegrass Festival finished up Saturday evening at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds in Marshall, Michigan. The festival was started by Burk Cole. After his untimely passing, his

Casey Driessen at the 2024 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival - photo © Tara Linhardt Saturday at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in Oak Hill, NY was definitely chocked full of some of the nation's top acts in the world of bluegrass. But

After scoring a whole host of accolades in her native Australia, Kristy Cox ought to garner further success courtesy of her sophomore album for Billy Blue Records. Shortlisted for the International Bluegrass Music Awards the past five years as Emerging

Alden and Arnold Nunn at the 2024 Nunn Brothers Bluegrass Festival - photo © G Nicholas Hancock The Nunn Brothers Bluegrass Festival may be North Carolina’s best kept bluegrass secret.  Held in the tiny community of Woodville, located east of Mount Airy

Rob McCoury at the 2024 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival - photo © Tara Linhardt By Friday morning the whole community of Grey Fox is up and running with the campground neighborhoods, options for morning meditation class, yoga class taught by Jill

LIke most guitar players, I’ve used all sorts of capos throughout my life. I currently own vintage spring-activated Eltons (think Jimmy Martin/ Larry Sparks/ Doyle Lawson), large clunky Hamiltons (that can be improved with a couple pennies - IYKYK), Kysers

Yebin Kim with Country Gongbang at Grey Fox '24 - photo © Tara Linhardt Once again it was a magical time at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in the mountains of New York. Every July the hills truly come alive with

There are certain artists that make an even greater impact outside their primary musical genre. Billy Strings, without question, falls into that category. While clearly passionate and skilled at playing various forms of bluegrass, Strings has broadly combined those sounds

Pennsylvania's Gary Ferguson and Ireland's Colin Henry pursued individual careers prior to meeting during one of Ferguson's solo tours of the Emerald Isle. Nevertheless, they connected immediately and began collaborating by sharing files over the internet long distance.  The aptly titled Distant