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Roots Culture Redefined
Artist of the MonthDec 17, 2024

Itā€™s certainly true that the Grateful Dead were never a bluegrass band, starting with the fact that their lineup had not just one drummer, but two. And yet it also canā€™t be denied that the groupā€™s musical DNA has a wide streak of bluegrass deep within, both in terms of licks and improvisational flair. In…

Artist of the MonthDec 3, 2024

(Editor's Note: This December, we continue our annual series ā€“ see also: Dolly in December, Dawg in December, Dylan in December, and Del in December ā€“ by celebrating the iconic, trailblazing jam band, the Grateful Dead, all month long! We'll be featuring the Grateful Dead as our Artist of the Month, celebrating their enormous impact…

Artist of the MonthNov 19, 2024

Itā€™s hard to imagine Billy Strings as anything other than the glass-shattering guitar virtuoso heā€™s become. Over a decade, heā€™s flipped, rearranged, and altogether transformed bluegrass music. He leads with instinct, allowing the music to speak on a much deeper level than many of his contemporaries. Four albums deep into his career, in addition to…

Artist of the MonthNov 14, 2024

The first time I heard Billy Stringsā€™ name was in 2014, from a guitar picking pilot friend of mine from northern Kentucky who was working up in Michigan. I first met him at the Frankfort Bluegrass Festival in Illinois two or three years later, by which time Iā€™d played a song or two from the…

Artist of the MonthNov 4, 2024

We've been covering our friend, GRAMMY Award winner and physics-defying flatpicker Billy StringsĀ for now almost ten years. In that relatively short period of time, he and his band have revolutionized the bluegrass, jamgrass, and acoustic guitar scenes. Way back in 2014 and 2015, when the local Michigan guitarist with generational talent first started appearing on…