Colebrook Road was conceived when guitarist Jesse Eisenbise, a middle school teacher, and his friend Wade Yankey, a consulting engineer, went to see The Steep Canyon Rangers in 2007 or 2008 — as Eisenbise says, “just when they were exploding.” […]
Colebrook Road was conceived when guitarist Jesse Eisenbise, a middle school teacher and his friend Wade Yankey, a consulting engineer, went to see the Steep Canyon Rangers in 2007 or 2008, as Jesse says, “Just when they were exploding.” Soon […]
Wondering who won the Grammys you care about? We’ve got you covered. Here’s a list of the nominees in the American Roots, Bluegrass, Blues, and Folk categories, along with a few other categories of interest. The winners are in bold. […]
This week we’re talking about a slew of new releases from musicians who know how to get real, including Margo Price, Whitney Rose, and an astounding list of artists who recorded at Stax back in the day. Even the Infamous […]
The International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass and Wide Open Bluegrass will return to Raleigh, NC, for its fifth year from September 26 – 30, 2017. As always, it includes a business conference, the awards show, and a two-day free […]
While watching this year’s RockyGrass Festival, I thought of one of my favorite quotes from the American designer Charles Eames: “The details are not the details. They make the product.” This is a simple yet profound statement. A great book […]
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in our Winter 2016/Bluegrass Beyond issue of the No Depression quarterly journal. When we’re not running a subscription drive, everything in the journal is exclusive to print. Subscribe today for just $6 per month and never […]
There’s just something about bluegrass music that brings people together. It’s warm and inviting, and often invites dancing and celebration. There’s an inherent joy in bluegrass, even when it takes on a more melancholic tone. Maybe it’s the swooning fiddle […]
“Old people always think their time, their format, was better. Mine actually was.” — Tom Petty on PBS’s Soundbreaking The bluegrass community, seemingly quite small, actually consists of thousands, perhaps millions, of people around the world who celebrate a musical form that, […]
Ryan Adams took the stage at the 2016 Telluride Bluegrass Festival flanked by a full bluegrass band that turned out to be the Infamous Stringdusters featuring Nicki Bluhm. Most in the audience were surprised, since the festival program billed the […]
