There’s a new banjo sound emanating from the Green Mountains that is catching on with players and audiences. While the ripping-fast percussive sound of a banjo in bluegrass music is familiar to most, ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Six young contestants are coming to the Richmond Folk Festival this weekend to compete in a national banjo competition. JAMinc, a local nonprofit focusing on providing music education ...

Not much gets a bluegrass crowd worked up quite like the sound of a banjo player on a white-lightning clawhammer tear, and the one at the annual Bootheel Bluegrass Festival was no different. As the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. This Sunday, Steve Martin headlines the final night of the Bluegrass ...

Bluegrass Grammy Award winner and acclaimed guitarist Molly Tuttle has turned to country pop on her new album and will blend ...

Bluegrass stalwart Molly Tuttle knows a thing or two about the genre: she has, after all, firmly established herself as bluegrass’ premier young talent, with her sizable repertoire winning accolades ...

Banjo virtuoso Mark Johnson — a master of the clawhammer style — is a familiar face in these parts. He is a Dunnellon resident, a friendly neighbor with a truck and the occasional coyote nosing around ...

Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88.Scruggs' son Gary said his ...

When Nashville musicians Giri and Uma Peters prepared to travel to Raleigh, N.C., to perform at the Bluegrass Ramble in September, they packed their instruments, a week’s worth of clothes and the ...