In a time when bluegrass is surging with young talent and mainstream dreams, Danny Burns and Shelby Means offer two profiles ...
From a young age, Michael Cleveland knew he was meant to play the fiddle. Cleveland has received numerous awards for his fiddle playing and, with his band Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, won the ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Michael Cleveland is one of the best musicians alive. He’s won Bluegrass’ Fiddle Player of the Year a record 11 times and been nominated for a Grammy Award, and he’s done it all ...
Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...
Blaine Sprouse was one of the top bluegrass fiddlers in country music when he went through a kind of reverse midlife crisis. We’ve all heard of middle-aged professionals quitting prestigious jobs to ...
While winning acclaim for her concert performances with orchestras and in competitions around the world, violinist Tessa Lark is trying to broaden the kind of programming being performed. And Michael ...
The St. John Center Lutheran Church “Music in the Grove” welcomes Summit Hill Bluegrass on Sunday evening, June 19 at 6 p.m. Summit Hill Bluegrass is a group of multi-talented experienced bluegrass ...
On a quiet Monday night in an empty pub in North Beach, the fiddle of Brian Theriault can be heard crying from a far corner. It is just one instrument in a traditional Irish session that includes ...