You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. As regular readers of these columns know, I really like chatting with new-to ...
Chris Thile of Nickel Creek performs onstage for the 22nd Annual Americana Honors & Awards at Ryman Auditorium on September 20, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. Chris Thile says he fell in love with ...
As a teenager, Sam Bush was a three-time national champion fiddler. In his 20s, he was a founding member of the rule-breaking New Grass Revival, a virtuoso ensemble that revolutionised the bluegrass ...
HILLSBORO -- Two dozen musicians sit in semicircle rows on the hardwood stage, fine-tuning their instruments and organizing the sheet music on the stands before them. At the center, a compact, ...
HOUSTON, Min. – Myrtle Otis is a soft spoken, fairly shy 88-year old. That is until she picks up her mandolin. Music has been a part of Myrtle’s life for many, MANY years. “I think it always has been.
The billing for the music on top of Aspen Mountain this Sunday reads, “Bluegrass Sundays, Matt Flinner.” Which at best, doesn’t tell you much, and at worse is flat-out wrong. In fairness, though, ...
SCHUYLERVILLE — In an age of mass production, fine stringed instrument maker Martin Macica is a rare find. “I started to play mandolin first. I was 17 and learned to play some Beatles tunes. My ...