On this day (October 29) in 1937, Sonny Osborne was born in Thousandsticks, Kentucky. After learning to play the banjo as a child, he formed a group with his brother, Bobby Osborne. Together, the ...

Music isn’t just sound in America, it’s identity, memory, and motion. From desert stages to mountain valleys, from jazz to ...

FROM 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M. I’M GOING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. LISTEN TO THEM BIG TRUCKS WHILE GIRL BLUEGRASS MUSIC RETURNED TO PARIS TOWN THIS WEEKEND, TODAY WRAPPED UP THE TWO DAY ROOTS REVIEW BLUEGRASS ...

The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame opened in Owensboro, Ky., in 1991. Since its founding, musicians from 20 states, plus Washington, D.C., have been inducted. But the inductees have largely been from ...

Celebrated actor/comedian/banjoist Steve Martin and trailblazing banjoist, industry powerhouse Alison Brown will co-host the 2025 IBMA BLUEGRASS MUSIC AWARDS presented by GET IT PLAYED, the ...

One of the all-time greats of bluegrass, Del McCoury, quietly passed through Marin County last week, playing a sold-out ...

The XXV record release and the Halloween shows this weekend will be full of nostalgia and excitement for both the band and their fans as well, so in an effort to reflect on a quarter century of ...

Meg Dwyer connected with Fayetteville over Sweet Magnolia's "Miss Missed Connections" last year. With songs about break-ups and stories of re-connection, Sweet Magnolia moved Fayetteville with their ...

Trevor Rogers, lead singer and guitarist for Canadian folk-rock/bluegrass/Celtic outfit The Clumsy Lovers, knows he has been at this a long time. “This is my 18th year with the band,” Rogers says.

Streaming services are helping revive America’s most old-fashioned, undigital genre. Charley Crockett, a rising star in the roots-music field, performing in Nashville, Ind., in May.Credit...Kristine ...

HARBOR SPRINGS — When the 2025 edition of Blissfest unfolds north of Harbor Springs next week, regular attendees and newcomers will experience the wide-ranging mix of music and activities that have ...