Though he had studied classical music from the age of 3, and cello from the time he was 9, Rushad Eggleston wasn’t married to either. During Eggleston’s teens, the cello would spend months at a time ...

12-year-old Izaak Schwartz can play nearly a dozen instruments. "I can play the piano, the organ, the banjo, the mandolin, the guitar, the accordion, the cello, the base, and the oboe," he said. Izaak ...

What if Leonard Cohen fronted a bluegrass ensemble? Denton’s Pinebox Serenade can give you a pretty good answer, somewhere in the middle of their seven-piece medley featuring, among other things, ...

A former child prodigy and U.S. fiddle champion, Mark O’Connor is arguably the world’s most gifted bluegrass virtuoso. How else do you describe an artist who, at age 20, was already receiving gushing ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Dead South headlined a sold-out show at Knitting Factory on Tuesday night. The Ghost of Paul Revere served as the opening act. Saskatchewan bluegrass ensemble the Dead South played to a sold-out ...

Technically brilliant, classically trained young road veterans with immense charm, Scythian plays an intensely energetic meld of bluegrass, folk, Celtic, klezmer, rock and more. When the band begins ...