Ted Lehmann

Zeb Snyder emerged as a fresh guitar talent about a decade ago playing with the Snyder Family Band, consisting of his younger sister Samantha on fiddle, and his father, Bud, playing bass. I first remember seeing him at a now-defunct autumn festival on the Shepherd Farm in Wilkesboro, North Carolina,

No one would argue that Darrell Webb hasn't earned his stripes in traditional bluegrass. He has moved from being a much sought-after sideman in traditional bluegrass settings to establishing himself, in his early 40s, as a solid band leader who has found his own sound and developed his

Performing in a major bluegrass band is a grueling business. In order to subsist as a bluegrass musician, a player is often on the road from Thursday through Sunday, frequently appearing at three different events placed hundreds or even thousands of miles apart. Typically, at a bluegrass festival, a band

The Gibson Brothers' new recording, In the Ground from Rounder Records, stands out for its musicality, meaningfulness, and structure. Like a sophisticated classical song cycle, each song stands alone, but as a part of the greater whole each encompasses the Gibson Brothers' lives and experience, taking on a

Virginia has long been considered one of the central nests that hatched bluegrass and country music onto the American music scene and nurtured its growth from the earliest days of recorded music and live professional performance. The list of performers, music venues, luthiers, and events developed in this state is

Rhonda Vincent has had a long and successful career in bluegrass music. From her origins in northeastern Missouri to her emergence as the Queen of Bluegrass, a crown conferred on her by The Wall Street Journal, she has represented bluegrass music's wholesome image while winning awards and growing