“Within pretty much a day's time I had a piano riff for what would become Cornflake Girl,” she explained in the liner notes ...

In “The Devil Is in It,” John Stubbings explores the history behind the history of the steel-string flat-top acoustic guitar— ...

It is not too often that we get to hear mandolin sounds during the festive period, the two aren’t too closely related, yet this December a concert brings just that. The lyrical sound of the mandolin ...

Bluegrass star Sierra Hull discussed her whirlwind year, from touring with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan to four Grammy ...

This story aired in the July 7, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents. Mandolin orchestras were everywhere during the early 20th Century. Today there are still scores of them in major cities across the U.S., ...

Grammy-winning mandolinist, singer and songwriter Sam Bush is set to perform at the Wachholz College Center Oct. 16. (Courtesy photo) Sam Bush's band New Grass Revival is set to perform at the ...

When R.E.M. began working on their 1991 album Out of Time, guitarist Peter Buck started learning how to play the mandolin and fell into a riff and then a chorus. With a tape recorder running, Buck’s ...

Yacht Grass is at the musical intersection of yacht rock and bluegrass. If you’ve never heard of it, that’s OK, it’s a pretty out-there subgenre. But if you’re inclined to check it out, the purveyors ...

Steve Martin, a renowned comedian, is also a celebrated bluegrass musician with six consecutive No. 1 albums. Martin is set to release a new album in 2025 with banjo player Alison Brown, featuring ...

BLUEGRASS MUSIC WILL FILL THE DEUTSCH HOUSE. THE BAYOU BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL IS HAPPENING SATURDAY, MARCH 22ND, AND ORGANIZERS HOPE YOU WILL STOP BY HERE TO TELL US MORE. IS MICHAEL KNOCHEN, PRESIDENT OF ...