It’s shaping up to be a great summer for bluegrass music. As we go to press for July, we just completed the annual Father’s Day Grass Valley Festival, held by...
A Fiddle Camp Experience. What do a live performance by great artists and teachers, a nature hike, a woman in a Scottish kilt and Arabic cloak...
Jamming is an essential part of the bluegrass world. Jamming involves playing music with others—often strangers—in an informal group, trading songs and licks, and enjoying this...
Here are some bluegrass tidbits simmering in the bluegrass music cauldron. These are brought to you here first by the intrepid investigative reporters of the Troubadour:...
Molly Tuttle wins bluegrass Grammy. If you love bluegrass guitar, no doubt you’ve heard of Molly Tuttle. This young star has taken the bluegrass world by...
Great Bluegrass Concert in San Diego. The San Diego Bluegrass Society, one of San Diego’s local bluegrass music nonprofits, presented Chicago’s Special Consensus in concert on...
South State 48. The California Bluegrass Association (CBA) hosts an event in Bakersfield every January called the Great 48, welcoming folks from all over California and...
Chris Thile, Sean Watkins, and Sara Watkins are Nickel Creek. They grew up in the Vista area earning their chops playing bluegrass at the local pizza...
If bluegrass music is changing, are the changes good or bad? These are profoundly important questions. Let’s see if we can answer them. The changing face...
