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 ...

When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 29—While Sprung enjoyed performing at high-profile venues like Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, his friends said he got just ...

LOWELL — Boarding House Park will be the site of many jam sessions throughout the day Saturday as the Lowell Summer Music Series’ Banjo & Fiddle Contest returns for the 44th year. The free event ...

Few genres of music encourage after-hours playing like bluegrass. It’s social music, arguably the most social of the bunch, a style that encourages its performers and fans to congregate and play, no ...

The good folks who put on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass created an epic conundrum of good musical fortune by booking the Wood Brothers, the Infamous Stringdusters and Emmylou Harris in simultaneous, ...

PUMPKINTOWN — A lilting rhythm of strums, plucks, picks and slides, backed by a steady bass thump, filled a century-old schoolhouse. The music floated through the wide-open door and around the corner, ...

SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The inaugural Sisters Folk Festival Bluegrass Jam Camp is scheduled to take place June 23-26, outdoors at the Sisters Art Works venue in Sisters. The dynamic 4-day program will ...

If you overdid it a little bit this holiday season and are looking for some fun that won't tax your wallet, the California Bluegrass Association has just the event for you. Its annual Great 48 ...

NEWTOWN — The folk music world is mourning the passing of legendary five-string banjo player, teacher and pioneer of progressive bluegrass. Roger Sprung, 92, who was known as one of the founding ...