BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — The Appalachian region is recognized as the birthplace of country music, but even before the Bristol Sessions began recording, it was also the origin of a distinct type of soul ...

MIDDLETOWN — Miami University Regionals Appalachian Studies and Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers will celebrate the launch of “Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio’s Musical Legacy,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHEYENNE — Bluegrass artist Jim Hurst may not be from the capital city, but he vividly recalls the beauty from his years of ...

BAYFIELD – Marikay Shellman still revels in her recollections of the early days of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. “It just wasn’t about money, it was about playing music,” she said, sitting at the ...

To many, Bill Monroe is known as the father of bluegrass. But listen to his Blue Grass Boys and you’ll hear echoes of the man who mentored Monroe — fiddler and guitarist Arnold Shultz, the son of a ...

The list of people local bass player and sound engineer Glenn Keefe has played or worked with since making music a career is a who’s who of the Americana and bluegrass world. It’s an enviable list, ...

After 23 years of playing bluegrass, I figured there were few things left about the music that could truly surprise me. But finding out “Angeline the Baker,” one of my favorite fiddle tunes, was ...

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m, our dad, JD Crowe, went ...

Inside the country’s premier string band music fete—in the words of the people who’ve made it happen. In June 2003, a friend persuaded my twin brother and me to drive six hours from Breckenridge to ...

In Toledo, Washington, it’s time once again for the Mount Saint Helens Bluegrass Festival. Toledo is in Lewis County on the way to Washington’s most famous volcano. The town is named for an old ...