I was born into a music-centered family in small town Arkansas near "where the Delta meets the Ozarks." My grandparents started a music store on the court square in the 1960s and they sold instruments and equipment, et al. â and also carried the top records of the day. So, music and musicians were infused…
It is a tale as old as time itself. As above so below. Yin and Yang. The explored and the unexplored. The heroâs journey, any and all of them, are exposed to the eternally enduring dance of chaos and order. We must leave the garden, enter into the forest to find the gold, kill the…
My name is Bertolf Lentink, I was born in 1980 and Iâm from the Netherlands. I was spoon-fed bluegrass music by my father, who endlessly played his records by the likes of Doc Watson, Tony Rice, and Tim OâBrien in my parental home. At a young age, I learned to play both from and with…
Most songs stay in one musical scale or âkey." In this key there are 6 chords which are widely used. The 1 chord is the root chord, usually used to end the song and give a definite feeling. Chords 2 and 3 are sad sounding minor chords in most cases. Chord 4 and 5 often…
At 89 years old, old-time music community leader, Grammy nominee, and Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductee Alice Gerrard continues to place her music making and creativity decidedly in the present. While every lyric she utters and every note she picks feels effortlessly timeless, storied, and burnished â by her lived experiences and by days,…