Ypsitucky is a new group formed by El Monte Slim’s Ian Trumbull. While the Slim are on temporary hold, Michigan transplant Trumbull added Slim’s rhythm section...
Once a year, usually in October, the bluegrass world gathers in Raleigh, North Carolina for the annual International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass Conference. There...
Sara and Sean Watkins — co-founders of the Grammy-winning acoustic trio Nickel Creek, who were raised literally in the bluegrass scene of North County — have...
Chickenbone Slim. Perhaps the most essential question is this: Why? The answer: because there needs to be a Chickenbone, of course. And he needs to play...
Members of the local blues community will know Chickenbone Slim (aka Larry Teves; see feature story this month) and his band the Biscuits either in their...
I don’t speak Spanish, But I understand everything when I’m dancing! –“I Don’t Speak Spanish” by Bobby Matos and John Santos Alvin Toffler’s got nothing on...
Readers who play guitar, and want to hear some acoustic playing that will result in either practicing harder–or wanting to give up entirely–will enjoy Across the...
There, now. That disruptive heading is just my little way of pissing off any Politically Correct human mutants who might accidentally stumble upon this column. The...
