“Bluegrass is very community-based,” says mandolinist Patrick Kerrigan Fitzsimons, one of the founders of the academy. “You don’t need fancy equipment. You just carry your instrument, sit in a circle ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returned to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, celebrating its 25th year with three days of free music, sunshine and a familiar sense of joy. Founded in 2001 by the late ...