In the traditional bluegrass canon, there’s a song called “Big Spike Hammer” by the Osborne Brothers. It’s sung from the point of view of a man on a chain gang …

Frank Solivan has worn a lot of hats: a military issue one during his six-year stint in the Navy bluegrass band, a chef’s hat during his restaurant days and headgear …

“I’m always more than happy to chat the virtues of Dr. Ralph Stanley because they’re plentiful,” Don Rigsby assures me. He’s not kidding. We’ve just spent the better part of …

What can be said about Doyle Lawson that hasn’t already been said? In the game for half a century, venerated elder statesman of bluegrass Doyle Lawson has accomplished just about …

“They’re really a bluegrass supergroup!” someone in the Boxcars’ camp said to me when I was scheduling an interview for their new release, It’s Just a Road. There’s the rub, …

Peter Rowan isn’t the sort of guy to casually toss around a phrase like “the old school.” When he made it the title of his new album, he really and …