When my longtime friend, Fiddlin’ Ted Fenstermacher, from Macungie, called me to play a banjo-fiddle gig with him, I readily agreed. There’s something about the sound of just an acoustic banjo and ...

Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...

For the past six years, the Sopris Mountain Boyz have been jamming together at weddings, bars and clubs, blending classic bluegrass instrumentation with diverse genres from contemporary rock to ...

GREENBRIER -- One of Tim Trawick's earliest memories is of lying in bed and hearing his father, Kay Trawick, playing guitar in another part of the house. "He'd be practicing some Chet Atkins-style ...

Students with Morehead State University's Kentucky Center for Traditional Music (KCTM) will get a showcase on a stage featuring national touring bluegrass acts this weekend. The touring group of ...

MARSHALL - Though the history of bluegrass and old-time music in Western North Carolina, and in Madison County in particular, is an incredibly rich one, the tradition has not died out. For evidence of ...

For the past few years, just ahead of Kentucky Derby time, visitors arriving into Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport would be greeted by live bluegrass, a defining sound of the region ...

Sixteen-year-old George Portz, left, became the youngest winner of a state open fiddle championship in 1969. He died Jan. 9 after more than 50 years playing bluegrass music. Provided George Portz was ...

Bluegrass fans will have the chance to see The Hosmer Mountain Boys live at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, when the band performs at the Parish Center for the Arts in Westford, according to a ...

Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...