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Q: I have been playing bluegrass music for at least five decades. The Stanley Brothers are one of my favorites to listen to and get inspiration from. It was recently brought to my attention by a friend, who was acquainted with Henry Dockery, that the wordage, “Get down boys, go back home…” is incorrect in…

Looking Forward Cindy Baucom is a true visionary in the bluegrass world. She is the host/producer of the weekly syndicated radio show, “Knee-Deep in Bluegrass,” as well as “Stained Glass Bluegrass” for BluegrassCountry Radio, which also airs in syndication weekly. The western North Carolina native is also an emcee, musician, singer, songwriter, bluegrass music historian,…

This Young Lady is the Whole Package! If you have yet to hear music by bluegrass singer, songwriter and guitarist, Caroline Owens, you will soon…and be prepared to be impressed. Last year Caroline was signed to Billy Blue Records—first as a writer with Billy Blue Publishing and then as a recording artist. As this issue of Bluegrass…

A Year-Round Folk Festival If Hollywood was the place to be, the place to be in Hollywood was the Ash Grove coffeehouse. Between 1958 and 1973, the Ash Grove was, arguably, the premier music venue in the country when it came to presenting folk, bluegrass, old-time country, blues and other forms of traditional American music. John…

Photo by Scott Simontacchi Harry Sherile “Buck” White (December 13, 1930 – January 13, 2025) was the patriarch of the popular acoustic, bluegrass-friendly group The Whites. Although known primarily for his mandolin playing and vocals, he was also an amazing piano player. White’s career as a musician got its start in the late 1940s and…

Pick and Howl, winners of the 2022 Rockygrass band competition, cites its influences as coming from across the stylistic board: from Flatt & Scruggs and Billy Strings, to the Grateful Dead and Townes Van Zandt.   The band wears these influences well, with provocative original songs and robust vocals and harmonies underpinned by a super-charged…