The Bluegrass Standard

Feature Articles Written for The Bluegrass Standard:

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2023:

• Maddie Dalton—a Fresh Seed in the Field of Bluegrass

• Mystic Lizard—Local New Mexico Band Rising from the Ashes

• Disability Rights Activist & Musician Gaelynn Lea: Moving the Conversation Forward

• Amelia Brown: Bluegrass From Head to Toe

2022:

• Redefining String Music with Dead Winter Carpenters (Cover Story)

• John Martin: From Wagon Wheel to New Bluegrass Star

• Higher Ground Bluegrass

• Garrett Newton: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars (Cover Story)

• BBMA: Preserving Bluegrass in the UK

• The Vanguards (Cover Story)

• Kailee Spickes: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• Martin Guitars: UKES

• Anna Kline

• Libby Hall: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• Ordinary Elephants

• Autumn Moore: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• Carter Vintage Guitars & The North American Guitar

• Amanda Gore: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• American Lutherie: The Journal of the Guild of the American Luthiers

• Mary Parker: A Rising Star

• Banjo Studio: Music Tradition in the City that Never Sleeps

• Jacey Jacobsen: Faith & Festivals

• Riley Gilbreath: Lone Star Blue

• Sprig of That: Modern Acoustic Band Carving Out their Genre of Music

• The Local Boys: Celebrating the Roots of Bluegrass Music

• Radio DJ & Bluegrass Musician Jay Armsworthy: Bluegrass on the Bay

• Milo Solujic: A Radio Career All Because His Dad Didn't Want Him to Be a Beatle

• Aiden Keeney: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars Musician Blazing a Path Forward

• The Erwins: Making Modern Christian Music a Family Affair

• Caroline Williamson: Finding Her Voice in a Family of World-Class Musicians

• Contemporary Christian Group Southbound: Gospel Music with an Edge

• Rose Maddox: A Tribute to an American Classic & the Pioneer of Women in Bluegrass

• Mandolin-Picking Child Prodigy Wyatt Ellis & His Rise to Stardom

• The Inspiring Career of Wintergrass' Wendy Tyner

2021:

• Scott Kirby: Music through His Son's Eyes

• First Branson Bluegrass Winter Youth Festival to Be Held in Branson, Missouri

• Millie Meunier: Teen Multi-Instrumentalist Viral Sensation

• Orchard Creek Band: Vibrant, Diverse & Making their Mark

• Authenticity: Kristina Jacobsen of The Merlettes

• Zoe Shiner: a Heart for Giving Back

• Keepin' the Ass in Bluegrass: Sortin' the Mail

• Home is Where the Gospel Is: The Fuller Family Singers

• Rose Rock Daughters: From the Nursery to the Opry

• Kasey Moore: A Drive for Bluegrass

• The Power of Music: How Faith Brought PearlGrace's Samantha Williamson through a Serious Illness & Beyond

• A Father’s Love, His Kids & Bluegrass

• Leroy McNees: Bluegrass & Mayberry

• Lincoln Hensley Changes

• Music through the Generations with Gibson Davis

• The Station Inn: Remembering Earl JT Gray

• Rolling Out Gospel with the Rollers

• Viral Sensation: Cotton Pickin Kids

• Kentucky + Bluegrass x Power = Wolfpen Branch

• Buddy Michaels, Longtime Friend of Bluegrass

• What Lies Within Those Snaky Woods

• A Williamson Branch on the Bluegrass Tree

• A Bluegrass Belonging

2020:

• Classically Trained, Bluegrass Bred

• Living A Dream

• The “Aha!” moment of Isabela March

• Hawthorn Banjos: A Gift to Bluegrass

• Bluegrass Stories with The Prickly Pearables

• From Mandolin to the Big Stage

• Carrying on Bill Monroe Tradition

• The Farnum Family Band: Spreading God’s Love through Music

• Stroke of Luck: Robert Swain and the Band at His Side

• From Car Seat to Bluegrass: William Lawson

• Picking Wildflowers in a Bluegrass Field

• Revisiting the Grassabillies

• On the Mountaintop with Balsam Range

• Buffalo Mountain Bluegrass

2019:

• The Primitive Quartet: Sharing Jesus Christ through Song

• Music from the Creek: The Story of Family-Band Sugar Creek Bluegrass

• The Unexpected Blessing of Bluegrass Gospel

• The Local Music Venue Where Bluegrass Lives

• Classy & Grassy: Two Little Musicians with Big Dreams

• Gina Furtado: The Story of One Woman Smashing the Bluegrass Glass Ceiling

• Growing Up Sowell

• Is Cheyenne Grantham the Next Alison Krauss?

• The Diamond in the Rough: Dreyden Gordon

• Best Get Dressed: Dave Gooding Talks Central Valley Boys & Traditional Bluegrass Music

• Hooked on Bluegrass from Sister to Sister: The Roper Sisters

• Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars' Anthony Howell

• The 615 Hideaway: Creating a Modern Space for Music before We Knew We Needed It

• Kitchen Dwellers: Giving Bluegrass a Whole New Meaning

• Kentucky Just Us

• Taking the Bluegrass World By Storm: The Grace Constable Story

• Blue Moon Rising - Again

• Justin & Aaron Koch

• Soundbrenner: The Musical Device Company Inspiring Change

• Minarik Guitars

• Billy Droze: One Artist, Two Genres, A Lifetime of Music

• Zach and Savanna Wright: The Wrights Are All Right

• Adam Steefey: One Man, Many Bands, & a Whole Lot of Bluegrass Music

• Jon Stickley Trio: Not Your Father's Bluegrass

• Echo Valley

• Lincoln Hensley: Young Artist with an Old Soul

• Alison Brown: Signature Sound of a Special Artist

• Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars' Ashlyn Smith

• As Sweet As Pie

2018:

• Three Gospel Superstars Coming Together to Shine

• Faith, Family & Fine Music

• Dixie Jubilee

• Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen

• Roots, Records, & a Little Bit of Bluegrass Soul

• Jaelee Roberts: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• Ask Me About IBMA

• Young Heart, Old Soul

• Addie Levy: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• Nothin Fancy But Incredible Bluegrass Singin

• One Fret Over: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• Mississippi Bluegrass Sound

• SEBA: Preserving the Music of Tradition

• Jimmie Rodgers: The Legend Lives On

• Brotherly Harmony

• Jake Patty: Keeping Bluegrass Tradition Alive

• Monroeville

• Rhonda's Adventure

• Young Musician with a Bright Future: Presley Barker

• Tobacco Road Bluegrass

• Our Lady of Tradition

• The Little Firecracker

• Front Country: A New Kind of Bluegrass

• A Bluegrass Singing Little Big Shot: Carson Peters

• Norman Adams: The Longest Running Promoter of Bluegrass

• A Life That's Good - The Hinson Girls' Story

• A Young Fiddler with a Story to Tell

• Garrett Newton: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• The Quebe Sisters: American Sisters with a True Americana Sound

• Kristen Bearfield: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• Backline: New Band, Old Bluegrass Souls

• Left Lane: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• Majestic Mountains with a Beautiful Song

• Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome

• Kevin Beddingfield: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• The Siren's Song

• The Water Is Fine: The Amanda Cook Story

• Powerful Voices & Polka Dots

2017:

• Three Creeks Over: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• Redeemed Quartet: I Am Redeemed

• Tangled, Energetic, & Southern Raised

• Williamson Branch: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• The Special Consensus

• Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out

• Cane Mill Road: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• Volume 5: I Am A Drifter

• The Bankesters

• The Baker Family: Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars

• The Grassabillies: Bluegrass Across the Ocean

• EmiSunshine, the Newest Old Soul of Bluegrass

• Tomorrow's Bluegrass Stars: Preserving Bluegrass One Youngster at a Time