At Denver's Swallow Hill Banjo Fest on Saturday, the toe-tappin' rhythm, quick-pickin' chords and an unmistakable twang ...

Underneath a fingernail moon and the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Oliver Wood stood onstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival and declared, “This one goes out to ...

Del McCoury sustains a 70-year career blending tradition with genre fluidity. The Del McCoury Band continues releasing new music, including a 2024 single. Collaborations span icons from Bill Monroe to ...

Earl Scruggs became a household name in the early 1960s when he and Lester Flatt joined vocalist Jerry Scroggins in recording "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," becoming the theme song for the hit ...

No Surprise That the Supreme Court Didn’t Take a Same-Sex Marriage-Related Case The Shutdown Stumbles Toward Its End Audio By Carbonatix The latest edition of my Music for a While is here. There is a ...

In an era when concert tickets can cost hundreds of dollars, there may be no greater gift to Bay Area music lovers than the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass free music festival in San Francisco’s ...

In the centennial year of Earl Scruggs’ birth, the music festival held in Mill Spring bearing his name still has its new car smell. In only its third year, the Labor Day weekend festival is held 40 ...

Backstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival in North Carolina, Marty Stuart has just finished a whirlwind set on the Flint Hill Stage. A blitzkrieg of country, bluegrass, and rock, Stuart & His ...

Tony Trischka is considered the consummate banjo artist and one of the most influential Banjo players in the roots music world. For more than 50 years, his stylings have inspired a whole generation of ...

For those who like their grass blue and their roots deep, Palisade is the place to be this weekend for the 15th annual Palisade Bluegrass and Roots Festival. The event takes place at Riverbend Park.