The Campout

The Campout

(Editor’s Note: If there is one person who lives and breathes bluegrass campouts, it’s Deb Livermore. This tireless volunteer has organized countless events where the rest of us just sit around having fun, drinking beer and picking. Deb is a gal who makes things...
Bluegrass Films

Bluegrass Films

Bluegrass fans are not that much different from average people and most of us from time to time like to watch feature films. If you asked a random bluegrass fan to name a popular film about bluegrass they would most likely mention Oh Brother Where Art Thou, a film by...
John Baldry

John Baldry

Bluegrass is now an international music genre. People just like us love it all over the world and one of those places is the United Kingdom. It makes sense because so much of our Bluegrass musical influence comes from the British Isles. A few years ago I was able to...
Free Banjo Lessons!

Free Banjo Lessons!

If there’s one single thing Bluegrass needs in order to maintain its place as a legitimate distinct music genre it might be ensuring that we have a constant supply of three fingered banjo pickers. There are certainly good bands that play great Bluegrass without a...
The Heart of the Matter

The Heart of the Matter

I guess I’m a little late on this thought. Valentine’s Day might have been a more appropriate time to post a welcome column about the human heart but it’s never a bad time to pay homage to the organ that keeps us all alive every day....