It is a tale as old as time itself. As above so below. Yin and Yang. The explored and the unexplored. The heroās journey, any and all of them, are exposed to the eternally enduring dance of chaos and order. We must leave the garden, enter into the forest to find the gold, kill the…
My name is Bertolf Lentink, I was born in 1980 and Iām from the Netherlands. I was spoon-fed bluegrass music by my father, who endlessly played his records by the likes of Doc Watson, Tony Rice, and Tim OāBrien in my parental home. At a young age, I learned to play both from and with…
Dan Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound has an impressive catalog and roster of albums and artists. While it's easy to trace how each intersects or diverges from Auerbach's own musical and artistic approaches, only a handful of artists who've had releases with the label truly supersede the star power of their Grammy Award-winning producer, co-writer, and…
Most songs stay in one musical scale or ākey." In this key there are 6 chords which are widely used. The 1 chord is the root chord, usually used to end the song and give a definite feeling. Chords 2 and 3 are sad sounding minor chords in most cases. Chord 4 and 5 often…
At 89 years old, old-time music community leader, Grammy nominee, and Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductee Alice Gerrard continues to place her music making and creativity decidedly in the present. While every lyric she utters and every note she picks feels effortlessly timeless, storied, and burnished ā by her lived experiences and by days,…