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This week we feature Canadian mandolin player Andrew Collins.  We talk with Andrew about his background in music leading up to a discussion about the Andrew Collins Trio’s newest project titled Retro.  You’ll also hear a couple of tracks…

Reprinted fromBluegrass Unlimited Magazine June 1981, Volume 15, Number 12 In a musical field where “an overnight success” simply does not exist and many years of “paying your dues” is the normal course for the fortunate few who attain top drawer status, as well as for the many others who don’t, The Bluegrass Cardinals have…

Bluegrass Guitar Lesson using examples from “I’ll Fly Away” Strategies for not just finding the notes, but also the TIMING/Counting of common Bass line runs in your Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar Playing This is a snip it from my Bluegrass, Country, and Roots School https://www.austinscelzo.com/bluegrass Get my personal feedback on your projects and learning – or…

This week we feature guitar player and singer David Parmley.  We talk with David about his induction into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame last fall, along with his Bluegrass Cardinals bandmates.  He will also tell us about the history of…

Nancy Cardwell is passing the baton for the IBMA Foundation. She has been a lifelong supporter, educator, and player of bluegrass music and is in no way losing her passion for the genre. After ten years, the IBMA Foundation Executive Director feels it is the right time for her to take another path in her…

Photo by Joe Zauner Maggie’s Journal, based on “true life” stories (as Bill Monroe would say) from Valerie Smith’s great-grandmother, was released January 5, 2026. The 30-track double album is a testament to the survival and incredible resilience of an ordinary American woman from Missouri in the post-Civil War era. It’s also one of the…