Contemporary film portrayal of folk music

The current stock of movies that are nominated for the Golden Globes currently and will soon be nominated for the Oscars is one that will be remembered for decades. What makes this year special as well is that two of the biggest movies of the year have “bluegrass-ish”...

Contemporary film portrayal of folk music

(Editor’s Note–Marty from a few years ago.  RC)The current stock of movies that are nominated for the Golden Globes currently and will soon be nominated for the Oscars is one that will be remembered for decades. What makes this year special as well is...

Context and Content

And so the battle rages on. For some weeks now an argument has centered around some changes being designed by IBMA to help fans, musicians, sales and service organizations focused on the music industry, broadcasters, and the entire range of people involved in making,...

Contextual Textures

We all know what bluegrass music sounds like. At least we think we do. A lot of people who don’t even know, or like bluegrass think they know what it sounds like, too. I know more than once, I’ve heard a song and exclaimed “Now THAT’S bluegrass!” I bet you’ve said...

Cooking with Bluegrass

Pretty soon after I started reading the Bluegrass Breakdown regularly, four or five years ago, I noticed that every time I opened up a new issue I’d flip right to J.D. Rhynes’s cooking column, even before the gig listings and the festival lineups. I don’t care that...