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Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine October, 1969 — Volume 4, Number 4 Mr. Webster, in his oft-quoted book, defines alliance as being “a union of interests”, “any union by relationship in qualities” and “a connection for mutual advantage between any groups or bodies”.   They named themselves well, this band about which I am writing….

Here is a jam track for the tune “Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow”. The track is in the key of C and played at full tempo. If the tempo is not right for you, you can slow it down or speed it up using the “Playback” selection in the “Settings” menu.

After performing with David Grisman and recording several “space grass” albums, Tony Rice came back to bluegrass with a new and broad vocabulary of chords. Ever since then bluegrass guitar players have been curious about those chords that Tony masterfully used. In this lesson, Jason Keiser (who is featured in the November 2022 issue of…

Keith Whitley Interview

This Georgia-based family band, which seems and sounds like a fundamentalist Christian version of the legendary Trapp Family, has an interesting back story. Husband Jon (lead singer and bass player) and wife Marina (fiddle and harmony vocals) Linblom are classically trained musicians who first moved south about 20 years ago to take positions with the…

Since a bunch of hippies first got together in 1974 and started the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Colorado had proved to be a fertile breeding ground for progressive-bluegrass bands, with a multitude of forward thinking-groups including Hot Rize, Leftover Salmon, Yonder Mountain String Band, Elephant Revival, and countless others emerging from the Rocky Mountains.  Trout Steak…