"Bean Blossom offers much-needed insights into one of the most important bluegrass music festivals. . . . Bluegrass aficionados and Bean Blossom regulars will certainly appreciate the care and attention that Adler has paid to the fan communities that have thrived in Brown County and across the globe."
Notes "A welcome addition to the growing body of literature on the history of bluegrass. A clearly written and accessible book that combines history and folklore and offers an important case study of two twentieth-century musico-social phenomena: the rual country music park and the bluegrass festival."
American Music   "An important book in that it weaves together bluegrass music, the changing demographics of the music, the development of the music industry, and the evolving economic elements of staging events in the music park."
Journal of American Folklore "Bean Blossom seems to be the ideal subject for an extended historical study such as this. Loaded with facts and details, the unfolding story is so interesting and engrossing. I read it with delighted recognition and remembrance."
John Wright, author of Traveling the High Way Home: Ralph Stanley and the World of Traditional Bluegrass Music