A Bluegrass Pioneer, Remembering Vassar Clements

Matt Glaser, Chair of Beklee College of Music’s String Department, has written a very nice article for Strings Magazine that remembers fiddle legend Vassar Clements. Read it here.

Classic Oak titles reissued

Long-time students of bluegrass instruments will recall with fondness the name Oak Publications, a division...

Vassar Clements, 1928-2005

1d7 It is with great sadness that we note that Vassar Clements, legendary fiddler and dear friend to...

Vassar Clements tribute podcast

The recent passing of fiddling legend Vassar Clements has left us all a little blue. I was in the studio...

Video of Vassar in the studio

And speaking of Vassar Clements... Ampersand Records has made some video footage of Vassar in the...

Vassar Clements Holiday Band DVD – Reminder

Farley Daniel wrote in and reminded us about the Vassar Clements Holiday Band DVD release party on...

McCoury/Vassar videos on MySpace

The Del McCoury Band has posted four new video clips on their MySpace page. They are taken from the second...

Vassar Clements’ health failing

This is a sad time for bluegrass as legendary fiddler Vassar Clements struggles with cancer. This was...

Vassar Clements Holiday Band DVD

Alan Dalton wrote in recently to let us know about a DVD release of the last recorded performance of...

Jubilation Rising: Kissimmee Kid

Randy Sparkman has a piece up on his website Jubilation Rising about Vassar Clements. The piece contains...

Vassar Clements, Tony Rice live CD

When the audience at Randy Wood's Concert Hall awaited the start of the Vassar Clements and Tony Rice...

Keishi Shikata passes

Bluegrass music isn't confined any longer to the rolling hills of western Kentucky or the peaks and valleys...

Keishi Shikata remembered

Last week we told you about the premature death of Keishi Shikata. Earlier today I received a touching...