This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...

From the iconic roots planted by Bill Monroe to innovators like Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle, bluegrass continues to thrive. The traditions expand, but they never stray far from their foundations.

Doc Watson‘s 1964 single of “Sittin’ On Top Of The World” can be coined as numerous genres, one of those being, of course, bluegrass. Aside from genre tags, this song is a staple in the world of ...

14-time Grammy-winning composer, singer and songwriter Dan Tyminski's visible and invisible hand of influence over two decades of Americana and country music's integration into mainstream culture and ...

MARLINTON, W.Va. — There is a place in the Mountain State where one can hear the echoes of old-time music as its sound waves bounce along the mountains. A place so rural, it is said that “not a drop ...

HAMILTON – Come on back in the hills for low-cost, toe-tapping, old-timey family fun at the Heiland and the Thomas ranches south of Hamilton this weekend. The Hardtimes Bluegrass Festival will feature ...

When Zach Tucker reflects on the last five decades of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, he’s struck by the fact that the event’s ethos has largely remained the same. Granted, 27-year-old Tucker, who ...

Banjoists Alison Brown and Steve Martin's first collaborative album, Safe, Sensible and Sane, comes out today on Brown's Compass Records, but the pair never intended to make a full-fledged album - let ...