October 2021 Issue

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The Tradition

The Artists

It’s All About The Energy

By Penny Parsons

Photo by Amy Richmond, Courtesy of Rebel Records At age 33, bluegrass singer Kody Norris hardly…

Mark “Brink” Brinkman

By Vicki Dean

Prolific songwriter paints pictures in listeners’ minds while telling stories with lyrics and melodies. One…

The Sound

Hot Rodding  The Baddest Instrument In Bluegrass

By David McCarty

Bluegrass has always tenbrooks’ed the fast and the powerful. Racehorses, big rigs, steam drills, sleek…

Rob’s Reso Room and Reso Summit

By Dan Miller

 If you are learning to play the Dobro and are having trouble finding quality instruction,…

The Venue

1971 and 2021, Then & Now

By Albert Ihde

One Filmmaker’s Perspective I first heard live bluegrass music when I was 26 years old.…

Bluegrass Wednesday Nights at the Legion

By Tristan Scroggins

Despite being home to some of the best bluegrass musicians in the country and the…