Reviews

Garrison, Gordy, Hargreaves, And Walsh This new project is a collaboration of four musical friends who are long-time veterans of the music industry. Greg Garrison is the bassist and has played with such artists as the Punch Brothers, Lyle Lovett, and Leftover Salmon. Grant Gordy is the guitarist and is a veteran of David Grisman’s…

The Kody Norris Show For a minute or five, a listener might think they’ve pulled the latest Kody Norris Show CD from the vintage bin, not from the new releases pile of 2021. Don’t let the young face fool you—the sound is deeply traditional on All Suited Up. None other than bluegrass veteran Greg Cahill…

Branded Bluegrass Indiana-based Branded Bluegrass decided to try a few different things with the release of their third album.  Somebody’s Child is a bit of a departure from the usual traditional bluegrass the band favors. The group also added some special guests of note to play on the project — Shawn Lane, Michael Cleveland, Steve…

Wound metal instrument strings pose many challenges to a string manufacturer. Issues such as overall diameter (gauge), the ratio between the core and wrap wires, composition of both core (hex or round) and wrap metals, and more variables create a calculus of possibilities even Newton might struggle to describe mathematically. Two strings of identical gauge…

By Michael D. Doubler Although Uncle Dave Macon was not a bluegrass performer, he was such an important part of the Grand Ole Opry from its earliest days until he passed away in 1952, that he can be considered somewhat of an important figure in the early development of bluegrass music.  Uncle Dave Macon was…

Fiddle Solos Annie Staninec has been playing the fiddle from the time she was 4 years old and was performing by the age of 11.  It seems that her love for music happened very early in life and endures into the present with her performing and teaching in Portland, Oregon and all over the world. …