JONATHAN KAHN From Hollywood, California. He also goes by the name Jon David Kahn. He is not the same John Kahn who played bass with…
SI KAHN From Charlotte, North Carolina. A folksinger/songwriter who is also a social activist in the South. He is executive director of Grassroots Leadership, an…
KANE’S RIVER From Belgrade, Montana. Formed in 1995 as “Deep River” by John Lowell and Nancy Padilla, formerly with Wheel Hoss. Lowell also worked with…
KATHY KALLICK From the San Francisco Bay Area (She is originally from the Chicago area. Her Mom was a prominent folksinger there. She moved to…
STEVE KAUFMAN From New York City. Lives in Maryville, Tennessee. Three-time winner of National Flatpick Guitar Championship in Winfield, Kansas (1978, 1984, 1986). Writes guitar…
MARO KAWABATA From Kyoto, Japan. At age 12, saw Bill Monroe on Japanese TV. Learned guitar and formed “The Riverside Brothers” with his brother Takaharu.…
LARRY KEEL (AND NATURAL BRIDGE) From Glasgow, Virginia. Keel is a 2-time winner of the Telluride Flatpick Guitar Championship (1993, 1995). Early days: had a…
ROBERT EARL KEEN From Houston, Texas. He is one of the founding fathers of the Americana music movement. He is best known as a singer-songwriter…
BILL KEITH From Brockton, Massachusetts, near Boston. Lived in Woodstock, New York. Popularized a melodic style of playing the banjo which came to be known…
BRONWYN KEITH-HYNES From Charlottesville, Virginia. Lives in Nashville. Began playing fiddle at age 3. 2014, won the National Fiddle Championship at Winfield, Kansas. 2014, was…
IRENE KELLEY From Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Lives in the Nashville area. A prolific songwriter, her songs have been recorded by such artists as Alan Jackson, Trisha…
JEANNIE KENDALL From St. Louis, Missouri. 1969, began performing with her father Royce in a popular country duo called “The Kendalls.” 1977, scored first number…
THE KENTUCKY COLONELS A legendary California bluegrass band of the 1960’s featuring the White Brothers—Roland, Eric and Clarence. The White brothers were born in Maine…
THE KENTUCKY GENTLEMEN From Kentucky. Formed in 1973 by Marvin Davis (mandolin), Dennis Barret (guitar, lead vocals), Ralph King (banjo), Avery Gabbard (bass) and Roger…
KENTUCKY JUST US From Glasgow, Kentucky. A family band including brother and sister Kacey and Caleb O’Neal (fiddle/mandolin), mom Shelane O’Neal (bass) and dad Terry…
KICKIN’ GRASS From Raleigh, North Carolina. Members: Lynda Dawson (guitar), Jamie Dawson (mandolin), Ben Walters (banjo), Patrick Walsh (bass), Matt Hooper (fiddle). Formed in 2000,…
CODY KILBY From Nashville, Tennessee Two time Juvenile National Banjo, Guitar and Mandolin Champion. Signed an endorsement contract with Gibson at age ten.As a teenager,…
JACKIE KINCAID From Meadowbrook, West Virginia. Plays mandolin with the Cumberland Highlanders TV Show. Has also worked with Larry Sparks, Mac Wiseman, Wayne Lewis, Tom…
DICK KIMMEL (AND COMPANY) From Southcentral Minnesota. Has played bluegrass music since the 1950’s with groups like Mountain Grass, Flint Hill Special, F&W String Band,…
JAMES KING From Cana, Virginia but lived most of his life in Amelia, Virginia at the foot of Fancy Gap Mountain. Started playing rock music…
THE KING JAMES BOYS From Cowpens, South Carolina (near Spartanburg). Formed in 1994 at their home church, Mountain View Baptist Church. They became known as…
LORI KING (AND JUNCTION 63) From Bloomfield, Iowa. 1993, began performing (singing and playing bass) with a group called Bluegrass Addiction. Her husband Joe was…
KING WILKIE From Charlottesville, Virginia (although no one in the band is actually from Virginia. Individually, the original band members are from Ohio, Wisconsin, New…
JODY KING From North Carolina. Has played banjo with the Lost and Found, After Five, Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time, New Vintage, other bands.…
BILL KNOPF From Van Nuys, California. Banjo player of many styles: bluegrass, swing, jazz, pop, rock and ragtime. 1977, released Bill Knopf on Banjo with…
THE KNOXVILLE GRASS From Knoxville, Tennessee. Formed in 1976. Early members were Jimmy Millsapps (banjo), Glenn Laney (guitar & banjo), Paul Brewster (guitar), Darryl Wolfe…
RANDY KOHRS From New Virginia, Iowa. Lives in Nashville. Began performing at age 8. Plays all the bluegrass instruments but is best known as a…
ALISON KRAUSS (AND UNION STATION) From Champaign, Illinois. Lives in Nashville. Full name: Alison Maria Krauss. Began playing country music when she was ten years…
THE KRÜGER BROTHERS From Switzerland; Currently live in North Carolina. Billed as “Americana from the Heart of Europe.” The brothers are Uwe (guitar) and Jens…
KUKURUZA From Moscow, Russia. The group formed in 1975 as a Russian folk band. Their first exposure to bluegrass was an early eighties tour of…
TAKEHARU KUNIMOTO (AND THE LAST FRONTIER) From Tokyo, Japan. Plays the a Japanese stringed instrument called the “Shami-sen” which resembles the banjo. Studied bluegrass music…
From Asheville, North Carolina. His last name is pronounced KIR-ken-dall. He is not related to Pete or Kitsy Kuykendall (of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine.) Kuykendall is…