Mike Harney continues to be a devoted follower and booster of Progressive Bluegrass and its own wealthy cousin, New Acoustic Music, for over ten years. He listens to music at least 4 or 5 hours a trip to both his house and workplace in Massachusetts and attends concerts as much …

While the quantity of recordings this early Mississippi mandolinist produced is fairly small, his influence appears epic. The sort of materials he documented in duo with guitarist Napoleon “Nap” Hayes was wide-awake, despite his partner’s nickname. It actually included a few of Scott Joplin’s hard ragtime themes combined with an …

Smokin’ Lawn doesn’t totally identify with traditional bluegrass, due to its rock and roll root base, according to founding member Michael Santosusso. The Vermont-based acoustic sextet, comprising Santosusso (bass, vocals), Adam Frehm (dobro), Doug Perkins (classical guitar), teenage fiddle feeling Patrick Ross, mandolinist Beau Stapleton, and drummer Eric Hamell, continuing …

When a quantity of young musicians collected at mandolinist David Grisman’s real estate in 1975, that they had small idea that these were making music history. Guitarist Tony Grain resigned from J.D. Crowe and the brand new South and found California where he transferred into Grisman’s cellar. Todd Phillips performed …

Denver canyon rock-band the Boenzee Cryque was formed in 1964 by bassist/singer Sam Bush, guitarist/singer Dan Nash, guitarists Jim Jenson and Terry Jones, saxophonist/singer Joe Neddo, organist/harpsichordist Costs DeLugt, and drummer Tad Collier. Armed forces service obligations obligated significant lineup adjustments during 1966, using the group right now offering Bush, …

Born close to Asheville, NEW YORK, in 1973, guitarist Bryan Sutton found the guitar in age eight and immersed himself in rock and roll and jazz using, however the rhythms and melodies of bluegrass pickin’ kept his interest the most powerful. After senior high school, Sutton toured for just two …

Scott Nygaard is among bluegrass’ most eclectic guitarists. A former person in Laurie Lewis and Offer Street, Nygaard continues to be an essential person in Tim O’Brien’s O’Boys since 1991. Furthermore to periodic sideman gigs with stellar music artists as Tony Furtado, Todd Phillips, Peter Rowan, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, …

Growing up inside a nonmusical family in Phoenix, Arizona, country singer Dierks Bentley got his country music education by himself, listening to documents. A love from the music influenced him to go to Nashville at age 19, but he quickly grew discouraged by having less general public and professional curiosity …

This talented mandolinist, that has sometimes been recognised incorrectly as a wax figure because of his concentrated, nearly motionless stage presence, was created into a NEW YORK family where playing bluegrass was regarded as in the blood vessels. Initially he performed electric guitar and mandolin merely to possess something to …

Missouri local Jeff Dark knew he desired a profession in music actually before he strike his teenagers. When he was just ten years aged, he persuaded his parents to get him a acoustic guitar. In between college, and then later on work, Dark learned to try out that guitar, to …