According to The Advocate’s John Wirt, although Watson was 86 years old, he demonstrated “masterful flat picking and finger ...

Whether you are an expert in folk music or can’t tell a banjo from a mandolin, a new biography, “Doc Watson: A Life in Music, ...

Whether you are an expert in folk music or if you can’t tell a banjo from a mandolin, a new biography, “Doc Watson: A Life in ...

Huffman paints a portrait of Watson as a jack of all trades, an Appalachian Renaissance man. He could have made a good life ...

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts has received a lead gift of more than $10.1 million — the largest single ...

Brown, 53, told more than 1,000 people who attended her installation ceremony that she is honored and humbled to serve as ...

Members have come and gone over the years as Old Crow morphed from punky upstarts to middle-aged country music statesmen. The ...

Robert Gordon's Newport Folk Festival film draws on 100 hours of footage that has never been seen before, presenting ...

On this day (September 15), Roy Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee. After deciding to focus on a music career, he helped shape the modern country music world. He was also a key figure in the ...

Billy Strings won his fourth IBMA Entertainer of the Year award at the 36th annual Bluegrass Music Awards, where he also gave the keynote.

Last night, Billy Strings united with bluegrass veteran Béla Fleck at The Mother Church of Country Music in Nashville for a series of songs during the concert’s first half. The team-up arrived amid ...

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