Mention Tony Rice and you’ll hear a lot of responses – he’s known for being a little eccentric, some say dark, but all say talented. Recently, his was the closing performance in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.’s first ever StringTime in the Smokies, a two-day festival that also headlined Del McCoury. Rice’s flatpick guitar work lived up to his legend for talent – and for eccentricity, at least musically.
Forget bluegrass stereotypes of old bearded men in overalls. Part of the reason bluegrass music thrives is its generation-to-generation permanence. Montana Young, who lives east of the Crooked Road in southwest Virginia, is one of the faces of what s...
“Mountain Stage” is a live music broadcast that began more than 20 years ago in Charleston, W.Va. The show, which covers national international music, has featured performers including Alison Krauss, Phish, the Del McCoury Band , Joan Baez, Ralph Stanl...
Oh, Ted and I were in school up in Ohio and when we graduated we wanted to get out of there, and I had this idea of going down South. There was a coupl...
The Fool in the Woods, aka Blue Ridge Country editor in chief Kurt Rheinheimer, is back with more great woodland information and secrets, this time reporting on how Virginia's Devil's Marbleyard was formed.
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