Christmas Time Is Coming
“Christmas TIme’s a-Comin’”is the name of a bluegrass Christmas song. When I was playing a lot more often than these
Reflections on faith, music, and community by Gary Allison Furr
“Christmas TIme’s a-Comin’”is the name of a bluegrass Christmas song. When I was playing a lot more often than these
It’s a good time to polish up friendships, love family, forgive, thank and bless. So I turned sixty, and for
“…there is a playful randomness about what we find and read. Or rather, what finds us” When I first rekindled
“The genetic code of bluegrass and old time music is more sophisticated than that. It carries stories of birth, life
Anyway, riding in a van for a week turned us from “Friends and Brothers” to angry inmates who couldn’t wait
Last night, I went to hear JIM HURST, IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Guitarist of the Year. That means he
When you jam, you shoot for fun and participation, not showing off Well, the other day Nancy called me and
The truth is, the banjo, like all the indigenous music of the South, is another of those curious shadowy meeting
A few days ago, I wrote about the too-soon loss of Doug Dillard, an extraordinary banjo player who was a
The Darling Boys are no more This has been one of the unkindest of years in acoustic music. First, Earl