Grounded in tradition through they are, Barrett Smith and his fellow Steep Canyon Rangers nonetheless see bluegrass as a ...

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 ...

The iconic North Carolina bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs would have turned 100 on Jan. 6. On Saturday, the Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby will host a special concert to honor his memory with the ...

One hundred two years ago today, one of the most innovative and influential bluegrass musicians in the genre's history was born.

Noam Pikelny won’t be far from home when the renowned banjo maestro — a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning acoustic quintet Punch Brothers who now calls the town of Danby his home — brings ...

Alison Brown says she's hoping for May flowers when she plays in Bentonville on Saturday. "It was a bit of a mud fest last year," she says of the FreshGrass Festival in Bentonville. Brown has been a ...

Banjo prodigy Gabe Hirshfeld has passed away. The Berklee College of Music graduate, known for his co-founding of The Lonely Heartstrings Band, which released a successful series of records and toured ...