October 2023 Issue

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The Tradition

The Artists

Missy Raines

By Kara Kundert

Long Journey Home Missy Raines has always been one to straddle the lines between bluegrass…

Jamie Johnson 

By Bill Conger

Returns Home to The Grascals Former Grascals lead singer Jamie Johnson is back with the…

The Sound

A Wonder From Down Under

By David McCarty

Photo by Bud Osborne Over the last four decades, Australia’s Paul Duff has earned mention…

Magnolia Wind

By Casey L. Penn

by Guy Clark and Shawn Camp “It has a charm about it … there’s something…

Justin Branum and masterfiddle.com

By Dan Miller

Fiddler Justin Branum was one of these musicians.  Before the pandemic, Justin was on the…

Building New/Old Vintage

By Mike England

There is a mystique around guitars built prior to World War II in what is…

The Venue

New IBMA Awards Exhibit

By Carly Smith

Earlier this summer, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky launched…

Billy Strings Pop-Up Store

By Carly Smith

Earlier this summer, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum collaborated with Billy Strings…

REAL Traditional Southern Gospel Music 

By Les Butler

At the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum New Years Eve 2021, I was…

Dupree School House

By Meg Johnson

How One Girl Ended up Down at the Bluegrass Crossroads (and got her soul back….) On the…