New bluegrass series coming to Hall of Fame; shows at noon Wednesdays starting Aug. 12

The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum will debut a new weekly series — Sounds of Bluegrass — at noon on Aug. 12 with Ruth McLain Smith, who plays bass in the McLain Family Band, which has been ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Wins IBMA Entertainer of the Year: ‘I Haven’t Abandoned Bluegrass’

The 36th annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards show felt a little different this go-round. Sure, the annual gathering of the genre overtook Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the first time ...
The New York Times

Excavating Jerry Garcia’s Crucial Bluegrass Roots

In 1964, the guitarist took a road trip, hoping to become Bill Monroe’s banjo player. The journey, and his longtime love of the genre, shaped the Grateful Dead. By Fred Goodman Reporting from ...
Rolling Stone

‘The Mount Rushmore of Festivals’: Zach Top Wows Telluride Bluegrass Fest

The 52nd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival brought a stellar lineup to the Colorado mountain town this weekend, with artists from Zach Top and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit to Alison Krauss & Union ...