…and this is one of them. It’s “Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms,” played by a band with the great name of Johnny Roquemore &...
Category - Bluegrass
John Hartford loved the Mississippi River and the life along its banks. He was an extraordinarily talented and engaging performer who composed “Gentle on...
Jana Pendragon at AllMusic does a nice job of profiling Ralph Stanley. Here is how it starts: Born in Stratton, Virginia in 1927, Ralph Stanley and his older...
Music has a great ability to renew itself. Check out Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand, a bluegrass group from Utah breathes new life — and not a little...
Long time Jerry Garcia collaborator David Grisman is a singular talent. Wikipedia does its usual solid job of starting its profile with a nice roundup of...
Acoustic Guitar Masters John Fahey: On the Sunny Side of the Ocean Bert Jansch: Reynardine/Angie Leo Kottke: Vaseline Machine Gun/Last Steam Engine Adrian...
The Daily Music Break will offer a page of links on various forms of music during 2013. To kick it off, here is a basic overview of bluegrass music —...
Bill Monroe (1911-1996) is known as the Father of Bluegrass Music. His very nice site offers a tremendous amount of information. Here is the beginning of a...
We noted earlier today that The Gibson Brothers won the Entertainer of the Year award from the International Bluegrass Association. Here the band plays The...
The Gibson Brothers won Entertainer of the Year – which in this case was technically correct but seems syntax challenged – at the 2012 International Bluegrass...