Like it or not, this year’s IBMA World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass — the annual convention and super festival of the International Bluegrass Music Association — was dominated by what appears to be the largest generational cohort in bluegrass […]
We’ve seen the Del McCoury Band at two midsized bluegrass festivals this summer. At age 77 — and having been inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 2011 — you’d think that McCoury has earned himself a […]
About the time Woody Guthrie would have been singing lullabies to his daughter Nora, a preteen Del McCoury was sitting in a pew at the Missionary Baptist Church listening to his mom and dad sing. Occasionally, when she got a […]
Anyone who has seen Del McCoury perform knows the immense talent of his sons, mandolinist Ronnie McCoury and banjo player Rob McCoury. The pair’s self-titled mid-’90s Rounder release demonstrated their ability to convey authentic bluegrass without the guidance of dear […]
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