Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...

Telluride Bluegrass is one of just a few places that soprano singer Renée Fleming and banjo player Béla Fleck will perform ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fans of bluegrass and old-time fiddle music will be in heaven this weekend in Tuscaloosa. The 2025 Fiddle Fest and Southeastern ...

The Fiddle and the Drum has been decades in the making.

With a bluegrass concert and dance series this weekend and the 19 th Midwinter Singing Festival next weekend, Ten Pound Fiddle is heating up the cold winter days. At 7:30 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 26, ...

Pat Kay plays banjo with his band the Kay Brothers Traditional bluegrass music is a melting pot. It has roots in Appalachian, Celtic and jazz music, and musicologists trace the origins of the banjo ...

Bluegrass fiddle player and singer-songwriter Sara Watkins first found fame with the band Nickel Creek and counts Levon Helm and Garrison Keillor among her fans. But can she help Emma John improve her ...

The 11th annual Yeehaw Junction Bluegrass Festival and Fiddle Championship opens at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Desert Inn, 5570 S. Kenansville Road, Yeehaw Junction. The event, which will feature Rhonda ...

His updated version of an old-timey approach enhanced recordings by everyone from Bill Monroe to the Rolling Stones. By Bill Friskics-Warren Byron Berline, the acclaimed bluegrass fiddle player who ...

The Lehigh Valley has become a melting pot of musical genres that run the gamut from rock and punk to heavy-metal and hip-hop. But there is one genre that continues to go strong, despite not having ...

There’s never been a better time to be young and rootsy. Today’s new crop of bluegrass and string-band musicians is younger and more accomplished than any batch of musicians since the teenage days of ...

This tune is thelead single to from her upcoming studio album, Distance And Time, which will be released on July 17. It also marks her third release on Dark Shadow Recording. It is upbeat, catchy, and ...