This week marks the 100th birthday of the bluegrass legend, who's credited with the genre's invention. This mix showcases Monroe's "Hillbilly Jazz" style of playing, as well as the friends and ...

The Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe was born in 1911 and began making music when he was just 16 years old. For nearly 70 years, the singer, songwriter and mandolin player built and shaped what we ...

ROSINE, Ky. (WBKO) -Deep in the rolling hills of Western Kentucky lies the 95-person town of Rosine. The town might be small, but it was there that a young Bill Monroe first began utilizing the ...

Monroe was the father of bluegrass music; the style itself was created by and named for his band The Blue Grass Boys in the late '40s. The influential musician made a 1989 visit to Mountain Stage.

Bill Monroe spent his early years with his Uncle Pen and Arnold Schultz, both musicians.

Bill Monroe, the “Father of Bluegrass,” combined influences from early types of American music to create an art form that is as relevant as ever. He was responsible for penning a plethora of ...

BILL MONROE, ‘THE Father of Bluegrass Music” and its most enthusiastic worldwide ambassador for almost 60 years, died yesterday at the Northcrest Home and Hospice in Springfield, Tenn. … ...