May 2026 Issue

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The Tradition

The Artists

The New Tina Adair

By Bill Conger

Photos by Sophia Sharp Bluegrass vocalist/mandolinist Tina Adair has a new perspective on life since…

Yonder Mountain String Band

By Tim Newby

True to themselves and Good as True Through their quarter-century together as a band, Yonder…

Trey Hensley

By David McCarty

Couldn’t Outrun The Blues If He Tried Blues and bluegrass go together like bourbon and…

The Sound

Hinde  Mandolins

By Keith Yoder

Made To Be Played ​A Christmas gift led Steve Hinde to build his first guitar. He…

Eli Gilbert

By Dan Miller

Teaching How to Play Bluegrass Banjo on YouTube If you are a banjo player and explore YouTube…

Preston Thompson Guitars

By Sandy Hatley

Modern Made Guitars With A Vintage Sound Preston Thompson had a love for guitars and a…

The Venue

Opry Hosts 25th anniversary Celebration of O Brother, Where Art Thou?

By Nancy Posey

In the same vein that “Man Bites Dog” is bigger news than “Dog Bites Man,”…

Bill’s Music Shop and Pickin’ Parlor

By Pat Ahrens

40 Years of Bluegrass Music Advocacy Written By Pat J Ahrens and Larry Klein Photos by Staci…

Hold on Heart

By Kevin Slick

This sure is one high-octane, peak-performance musical experience. Carson Peters and Iron Mountain are firing…