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Top Chicago Bluegrass outfit Henhouse Prowlers are partnering with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to present The Bluegrass Pitch-In at Mayne Stage on Friday, Nov. 25 at 8 PM CST.
 

This September marks the 100th anniversary of Bill Monroe’s birth, and not surprisingly, there have already been plenty of tributes to the Father of Bluegrass Music, with more still to come.  But when listeners turn to Old Memories: The Songs Of Bill Monroe--released digitally September 27th with a vinyl release following on October 25th--what they hear won’t be the result of a carefully crafted campaign, but the result of a decision that was as spontaneous as it was inevitable—because for Del McCoury, Bill Monroe’s leg