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Bluegrass Memoirs: The First Canadian Bluegrass Festival (Part 2)[Editor's note: Read part one of Neil's Memoir on the First Canadian Bluegrass Festival here.] On Wednesday, August 2, 1972, after an overnight ferry voyage, I arrived in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. A four-hour drive brought me to Fred and Audrey Isenor’s mobile home in Lantz, 50 km (30 miles)…
BGS 5+5: David BeckArtist: David Beck Hometown: San Marcos, Texas Latest Album: Bloom & Fade Personal Nicknames: John Stamos called me a “Long Tall Texan” once at a show. What other art forms -- literature, film, dance, painting, etc. -- inform your music? I recently traveled to Virginia Beach to visit my sister…
A Bluegrass Family Reunion at AmericanaFest: Photo RecapAhh it was good to be back at AmericanaFest this year. While last year's conference felt a bit lighter than normal years, with the pandemic bringing a tentative air, 2022 felt like a bit of a family reunion as we came back in full swing, especially as BGS gathered through…
Peter Rowan Shares a Timeless Lesson He Learned From Bill Monroe (Part 2 of 2)Born on July 4, 1942, it seems rather poignant that this musical ambassador of freedom and exploration came into this world on Independence Day. First emerging onto the national scene in the early 1960s as a member of Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys, Rowan was a young buck — a “green…
FeaturesSep 19, 2022
Back when cowboys were king, ranchers used to have to make regular pilgrimages across long, winding trails to sell their cattle at stockyards and make their living. One such trail, known as the "Goodnight-Loving Trail," extended all the way from central Texas to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and has been immortalized many times over in movies and…
FeaturesSep 15, 2022
Musician, folklorist, and instrumentalist Willi Carlisle is a bona fide troubadour in genres often populated by mimics and pretenders. But even so, and quite strikingly, his professional and artistic persona is not at all cast through a “greater than thou” light – or through the self-righteousness with which most creators stake their claim to the…
FeaturesSep 13, 2022
Artist: The Deer (answers by Grace Rowland) Hometown: San Marcos/Austin, Texas Latest Album: The Beautiful Undead Personal nicknames (or rejected band names): We used to be called Grace Park and The Deer, when I was using that stage name and it was more my folk songwriting project. We have many silly names for Noah, our…
FeaturesSep 12, 2022
Kentucky music is currently having a moment, but it’s far from the first time. Before artists like Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson, and Chris Stapleton made it big, folks like Bill Monroe, Loretta Lynn, Keith Whitley, Crystal Gayle, Tom T. Hall, Patty Loveless, Ricky Skaggs, Dwight Yoakam, and countless others helped build up the Bluegrass State’s…
FeaturesSep 2, 2022
If you're headed to Nashville this month for AMERICANAFEST, prepare for more than 175 official artists, insightful industry panels, and yes... parties! Please join The Bluegrass Situation as we present some one-of-a kind moments this year. Tuesday, September 13 (8-11 p.m.): On the festival's kickoff night, fiddler extraordinaire Jason Carter will gather an all-star lineup…
