CT-born bluegrass star has a hit album with Steve Martin and an upcoming gig at The Kate

Bluegrass has always been a music by and for the masses. One of the pioneers of the feel-good fast-pickin’ genre in the 1940s ...
YourGV

Two local women step up to challenge to keep monthly bluegrass sessions going

For 35 years, the Dan River Bluegrass Association has brought live bluegrass music to Danville, meeting faithfully at ...
American Songwriter

Alison Krauss on the Only Bluegrass Artist Who Wasn’t Afraid To Take a Stand (And Why the Genre Is a Form of Escapism)

Over her decades-long career, Alison Krauss has solidified her status as a bluegrass legend with her careful, distinct delivery of subject matter typical to the genre, like love, loss, hardship, rural ...
American Songwriter

3 Bluegrass Icons of the 20th Century and Their Modern-Day Counterparts

Bluegrass is a genre founded on tradition. That being so, it is no surprise that bluegrass musicians from the present lift and riff off of bluegrass musicians from the past. This is not malicious nor ...
Napa Valley Register

Bluegrass artists pick on classic rock with tribute albums

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— As soon as the music starts, there's something at once odd yet familiar about it. The oh-so-'80s keyboard part has been replaced by a mandolin, and the searing electric guitar solo ...