Earl Scruggs was born January 6, 1924 in Shelby, North Carolina, in Cleveland County. For many, bluegrass began when Earl Scruggs joined Bill Monroe’s band…
Artist Profiles: Earl Scruggs
Tag: Bluegrass
Artist Profiles: Doc Watson
Arthel L. “Doc” Watson was born in Deep Gap North Carolina in 1922 to a musical family. Blind since infancy Doc started playing harmonica and…
Danny Barnes Celebrates Acoustic Bluegrass Banjo
Danny Barnes – Stove Up (Wendell Records, 2016) Stove Up is the first acoustic bluegrass recording focused on the banjo released by multi-faceted musician Danny…
Artist Profiles: Del McCoury
Delano Floyd McCoury, Del McCoury, was born February 1, 1939 in Bakersfield in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. He grew up in York, Pennsylvania. Del…
Artist Profiles: Darol Anger
Violinist, composer, producer and educator Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres some of which he helped to invent. With the…
Artist Profiles: Crooked Still
Crooked Still is an alternative bluegrass band that combined banjo, cello and double bass. In the spring of 2001, vocalist Aoife O’Donovan and bassist Corey…
Artist Profiles: Cindy Cashdollar
American slide guitarist Cindy Cashdollar was born May 25, 1956. She specializes in steel guitar and dobro. Cindy Cashdollar grew up in Woodstock, New…
Artist Profiles: Chris Thile
Chris Thile was born in Santa Mónica (California) on February 2, 1981. He’s a renowned mandolin virtuoso who has performed since a very young…
Artist Profiles: Bryan Sutton
Born near Asheville, North Carolina in 1973, Bryan Sutton started playing the guitar at the age of 8. Sutton first came to prominence as part…
Artist Profiles: Missy Raines
Celebrated bluegrass bassist Missy Raines was born April 6, 1962 in Short Gap, West Virginia. She’s had a pioneering, courageous musical career as one of…