In 1983, eminent bluegrass historian Neil V. Rosenberg wrote a piece in the scholarly journal American Music, published by the University of Illinois Press, about bluegrass stereotypes found in popular media of the time. He wrote about three offerings found […]
We just spent the weekend at a small bluegrass festival on a field near Oakboro, North Carolina. Big Lick is the first outdoor festival in the long North Carolina season, which runs from now until the middle of October, although […]
Originally released in 1957, Foggy Mountain Jamboree catches Flatt & Scruggs’ Foggy Mountain Boys in their prime. The personnel includes some of the most important first-generation bluegrass pickers: Josh Graves, Benny Martin, Paul Warren, Howdy Forrester, Everett Lilly, Curly Seckler, […]
If it’s true that Bill Monroe invented bluegrass, it’s equally true that it wouldn’t have happened the way it did without guitarist/lead singer Lester Flatt and banjo player/baritone singer Earl Scruggs. As members of Monroe’s 1946-48 Blue Grass Boys, they […]
