Reviews
Living In The South
This is a nice traditional project by this Kentucky-based brother duo, which highlights not only some other ‘brother acts,’ like the Delmore’s, Louvin’s, and Stanley’s, but also features selections from such folks as Bill Monroe, Roy Acuff, Scotty Wiseman, and others. Twins brothers Adam and Aaron have gathered together some great side men to round…
Hold Back The Dawn
IBMA 2022 Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year Nominee Anthony Howell from Mississippi is one of those versatile artists who can fulfill a variety of roles in a bluegrass setting. He released an independent recording in March 2023, which contains fourteen tracks. He plays all the instruments and wrote three instrumentals. If that isn’t enough, he…
CROSSING BRIDGES—My Journey from Child Prodigy to Fiddler Who Dared the World
Published by MOC Press Mark O’Connor has written an emotional detailed account of his experience as a child musician. He first started on guitar as a six year old and began learning fiddle at age eleven. He was a quick learner and at age twelve he won first place in the Junior Division at The…
A Tribute To Flatt & Scruggs
Not much time passes before there’s a fresh musical salute to one or another of bluegrass’s founding figures. These tributes not only strengthen and reaffirm bluegrass’s crucial links to its past, they also seem to provide a subtle moral compass in terms of reinforcing the music’s integrity with each new generation of musicians. Along those…
Carl Bentley
East Kentucky-born Carl Bentley grew up singing in church in and around his hometown of McDowell. At age 10, he was given a Ralph Stanley album featuring Keith Whitley by his father, who was also a musician. That was all it took. To this day, Bentley still wears the Stanley-Whitley influence, and wears it well….
16 Easy Bluegrass & Old-Time Fiddle Songs
Seven-time national fiddle champion, Grammy nominated recording artist, teacher, singer, touring musician, and flatfooter, Megan Lynch Chowning, hasn’t forgotten the challenges facing a newcomer and transitioning fiddle student. This teacher has true talent in recalling the apprehension and desire newer fiddlers have on where to start, how to learn particular songs and practical ideas on…