*“It’s one of the songs off our ‘Spirit of America’ album,” said Bluegrass, “Entertainer of the Year” Kody Norris about the ...

On this day (May 11) in 1979, Lester Flatt died of heart failure in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 64. Most remember him as half of Flatt & Scruggs, the foundational bluegrass duo. He and Earl ...

Craig Ferguson had no real plans after graduating from law school at the University of Colorado Boulder in the mid-1980s. “I didn’t know what to do. I was fearful that if I didn’t take evasive action, ...

When I came back, it really shot a shockwave into acoustic musicians," he explained of his shift back to roots music after ...

Brevard Music Center hosts annual camps where guitar and banjo musicians get to learn from some of the best artists in ...

Leeds Center launches Bluegrass University for ages 11-18 in Winchester, KY. Weekly classes teach band skills, harmony and stage confidence. Program aims to preserve Kentucky bluegrass amid genre's ...

As the spring weather turns the grass outdoors green, bluegrass will bloom in Urbana’s Gloria Theatre on Friday, May 15, led ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When Big Ears starts in Knoxville on March 21, people in the city will be surrounded by music of all kinds. It will echo through the Old City and across the downtown area, and among ...

At 6:30 p.m. on any given Wednesday, local musicians fill the once-empty stage at the Carrboro restaurant and bar 401 Main with instruments — notably the banjo and guitar. For the next couple of hours ...

A local arts space celebrating its centennial has launched a new program centered around propping up the next generation of bluegrass muscians. Bluegrass University, the new initiative from Winchester ...