Current Issue August 2022
The Tradition
Queries Q: I’ve always liked the song “Swinging A Nine Pound Hammer,” which I first heard from the singing of Mac Martin (from a 1970 album). I later heard live…
Read MoreI’ll have to confess that the first record album that I owned was not a bluegrass album. I was a suburban kid listening to rock radio in the 1960s and…
Read MoreThe Artists
Photo by Katrina Burgoyne Don’t try to pigeon-hole Kristy Cox into one set category of music. The bluegrass artist/songwriter from the Land Down Under has a colorful singing voice that…
Read MoreImpact on the Bluegrass Industry The brothers grew up in north central North Carolina near the site of the state’s first bluegrass festival, Camp Springs. They played at the first…
Read MorePreparation meets opportunity Photos by Joseph Tipton For a Murfreesboro, Tennessee-based multi-instrumentalist whose musical roots stretch back six generations and predate the 1927 Bristol Big Bang, Mickey Harris is remarkably…
Read MoreWhen you visit your favorite venue or festival and watch the bands perform, you may often find yourself in awe of the talent of the musicians on stage and you…
Read MoreLiving Large in Bluegrass Photo by Kim Brantley Bluegrass singer and songwriting ace Donna Ulisse is doing exactly what the title of her new album implies, Livin’ Large. The award-winning tunesmith…
Read MoreThe Sound
Hometown Hero Of N.C. Bluegrass Broadcasting Photo by Lee Capps Buddy Michaels loves to talk. Ask him a question then sit back and enjoy the ride, because he’s likely to…
Read MoreBy Don Cusic Sometimes, it takes a while for a song to find the perfect home. “It Rains Everywhere I Go,” written by Don Cusic in the late 1970s, didn’t…
Read MoreThe Venue
The Suwannee Spring Reunion Photos by Frank Serio In March 2022, I went to the Suwannee Spring Reunion to write about the event and interview a few musicians. I had…
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