About Jerusalem Ridge Magazine

It is for this reason that we felt the title of a publication hoping to honor and preserve this musical legacy be most aptly, and appropriately named, “Jerusalem Ridge Magazine.”

Great Content and Features
JRM will be published quarterly, to coincide with the seasons and will contain relevant and timely news, information and features:

Spring (March) – Festival Preview Issue
Summer (June) – Best of the Year Issue
Fall (Sept.) – Holiday Gift Guide
Winter (Dec) – Annual Festival Guide

Each issue will also focus on the artists and performers, as well as the fans who continue to embrace and support the roots of traditional bluegrass, old-time, and all other forms of acoustic mountain & folk music.

JRM will feature guest writers from around the bluegrass and acoustic music world, and, we are also proud and privileged to have engaged the services, talents and images of one of the most prolific bluegrass event photographers in the industry today, Mike Morbeck. Take a moment to view his amazing gallery of images HERE.

Traditional bluegrass fans may recognize the title “Jerusalem Ridge” as one of Bill Monroe’s most famous and haunting instrumental tunes written as a tribute to the Monroe family farm where Bill grew up and learned his musical roots from his friends and family members, most notably his beloved “Uncle Pen” VanDiver.

Bill, along with brothers Charlie and Birch, developed a distinctive vocal and musical style, blending old world scottish-celtic folk tunes with blues/spiritual/mountain music prevalent in the region. They spent many hours picking’ & singing on the porch of their family cabin, later to be immortalized in one of Bill Monroe’s signature tunes, “I’m Goin’ Back To The Old Home,” and which to this day is one of his most famous and often played songs.

Why ‘Jerusalem Ridge Magazine?’
It was on the porch of the now famous “Old Home Place,” which sits atop beautiful Jerusalem Ridge in Rosine, KY, where the foundation of bluegrass music began to take shape. This original cabin has been recently restored and is now the epicenter of the traditional bluegrass preservation movement, and the location of an annual festival, The Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration. which pays tribute to the musical heritage of Bill Monroe and the legacy of his contribution to American culture.

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