The longstanding tradition of bluegrass music in the United States is as ever-changing as the remote rivers the artists sing about in their songs. You just need to know where to look. That being said, ...

Amid the halls of the Kenan Music Building, the sounds of mandolins, banjos, fiddles and guitars can be heard as the Carolina Bluegrass Band brings rich, locally-rooted bluegrass music to life. The ...

DelFest, the annual event hosted by Del McCoury, is often described as a bluegrass festival, even though only a minority of the acts are traditional bluegrass bands. Many a casual observer assumes ...

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 ...

Three mainstay groups in Western Colorado’s bluegrass scene will take the stage at Rifle’s Ute Theater next Friday for an ...

Mitch and Cindy’s Bluegrass Festival is focusing on reunions this weekend. While there are sure to be some families at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds this weekend, the reunions Mitch Meadors and ...

Organizers of the Frankfort Bluegrass Festival will hold a fundraiser Friday for the 11th annual festival to be held later this summer. The organizers hold the annual fundraiser to raise money so the ...

Violinist Darol Anger literally had a dream, one in which he was performing his bluegrass music not with the David Grisman Quintet or another small group but in front of a full-fledged big band—and in ...

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The first Bloomington Bluegrass Fest will take place May 3 at Upland Brewing Co., featuring eight bands. Mama Said String Band is the headliner, with additional performances by Jan Bell, Rusted String ...

Members of South Korean bluegrass group Country GongBang performing live, from left, bass player Keeha Song, vocalist and mandolin player Yebin Kim and banjo player Hyunho “Banjo Boy” Jang. The 2018 ...

A while back I was attending an iconic bluegrass artist’s concert with a friend. As the night neared its end, my buddy was getting a bit tired after a long run of slower tunes and declared, “OK, let’s ...