Multiple stringed instrument players and musical performers from across the country came together to downtown Owensboro this weekend, playing the likes of banjo, guitar and mandolin tunes during the 2 ...

"I felt, in writing this piece, that there was an openness, or a kind of a renewed freshness, I had working with music materials, because I was working in a new form. It took out all the cobwebs in ...

A solid bluegrass musician should be well versed in the bluegrass catalog. That catalog being the list of decades old tunes all bluegrass musicians will dig into, whether those musicians are seasoned ...

Doc Watson‘s 1964 single of “Sittin’ On Top Of The World” can be coined as numerous genres, one of those being, of course, bluegrass. Aside from genre tags, this song is a staple in the world of ...

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 ...

"Roll up the rugs," more than a call to let the entertainment begin, was literally the way dance space was created for at-home square dancing. Furniture was moved outdoors or into corners to make ...

Bill Monroe didn’t invent bluegrass music, but he refined it and is the person most often referred to as the “Father of Bluegrass.” The classic instrumentation includes upright bass, banjo, fiddle, ...

Within hours of arriving at Fiddle Camp in Stillwater this week, students were learning the art of improvising from two masters. Bluegrass, explained Brian Wicklund and Joe Walsh, is all about ...

Boulder-raised Dylan McCarthy and the other members of Jake Leg are no strangers to the Front Range bluegrass community. McCarthy, the group’s principal songwriter, and his talented bandmates have ...

The Earls of Leicester is a bluegrass super group that brings to life the music, sound and style of Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. highroadtouring.com The International ...