Bluegrass

Music
Song Premiere: “Deep End” Introduces a New Side—and New Member—of Steep Canyon Rangers
Listen to the track from the Grammy-winning bluegrass band’s forthcoming album, Morning Shift

Back Porch Sessions
Back Porch Session: The Del McCoury Band
The Grammy-winning bluegrass band plays three songs in a follow-up to its 2018 Back Porch Session

Music
The Infamous Stringdusters Pay Homage on Their New Album, A Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs
Bluegrass is back—and, as Chris Pandolfi explains, it’s time for a history lesson

Music
Bluegrass pioneer Peter Rowan Jams with Billy Strings
Listen to an exclusive premiere of a “A Winning Hand,” from Rowan’s forthcoming album, Calling You from My Mountain

Music
Album Premiere: Del McCoury’s Almost Proud
An exclusive stream of the bluegrass legend’s latest album

Music
Listen Now: New Music from Greensky Bluegrass
Hear an exclusive stream of Stress Dreams, the new album from the progressive bluegrass favorites

Artists
Billy Strings Expands the Bounds of Bluegrass
The young musician blends tradition, otherworldly guitar chops, and an exploratory spirit

Books
A Photographer’s Ode to the Roots of Country Music
A new book of recovered photos taken on the porches and back roads of Appalachia offers an intimate look at some of traditional Southern music’s early greats

Music
Tracing the Roots of Country Music
See a gallery of images from photographer John Cohen’s epic journey through Appalachia in the early 1960s

Alison Krauss and the Return of the Cox Family
A conversation with the bluegrass superstar about her love of the Cox Family, AC/DC, and her own upcoming solo album

Interview
Ed Helms’s Bluegrass Spirit
With a bluegrass album under his belt and his roots music festival, the Georgia native proves that comedy isn’t his only strong suit

Music
The Ralph Stanley Sampler
A highly selective discograph

Artists
Ralph Stanley: Long Road to the Mountaintop
With one of the most distinctive voices ever recorded and a worldwide following, the bluegrass legend still calls the Virginia hills home

In Memoriam
Remembering Doc Watson
A young musician’s day with one of the greatest there ever was

Artists
The Brothers Avett
Scott and Seth Avett play some 200 gigs a year, but when the music stops, there’s no place they’d rather be than their North Carolina home

Artists
Steve Martin: The Unlikely Ambassador of Bluegrass
Thanks to celebrity banjo picker Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, old-time bluegrass is the hot new thing