Bluegrass

Kevin Buckley’s debut solo album “Big Spring” features elements of traditional Irish folk, bluegrass, swing and Tejano music.

English rock band The Who first released “Tommy,” the wildly successful rock opera, on May 23, 1969 – exactly 50 years ago this Thursday, when…

Wayne Bledsoe taught at the Missouri University of Science and Technology for 32 years and retired as chair and professor of history and political science…

Ricky Skaggs started playing the mandolin in the hills of Kentucky at age 5. Fifty-five years later, he’s still in love with what he calls “old-time…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 11, 2011 - With the band all tuned up and ready to go, I stepped up to the microphone one night…