If bluegrass quintet the Steep Canyon Rangers were booked at the New Orleans Jazz Fest on their own, they'd likely be on the intimate Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do Stage. The Steep Canyon Rangers ...

On hearing George Jackson play a fiddle tune from his new record Hair & Hide, you might think he’d lived in Appalachia all his life. In fact, the New Zealand-born fiddler and composer made his way to ...

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m, our dad, JD Crowe, went ...

After brain surgery, tremor-stricken banjo legend is picking again. Oct. 3, 2008 — -- Eddie Adcock's fast picking and unconventional style made him world famous as a bluegrass banjo innovator.

LOWELL — The green grass at Boarding House Park will feature bluegrass this weekend as the 41st annual Lowell Banjo and Fiddle Contest will challenge pickers and delight visitors. The Saturday, Sept.

For many people, "bluegrass music" means the theme to "The Beverly Hillbillies," the soundtrack to "Bonnie and Clyde" and the banjo-guitar duel in "Deliverance." But bluegrass music is catching on ...

The burgeoning DVD market for concert films is having a positive effect on programming at niche cablers and now PBS. "Three Great Pickers," a chronicle of a one-time-only show featuring bluegrass ...

When early June rolls around, bluegrass fans usually head to Madison County for the Graves’ Mountain Music Festival. Although the pandemic has forced the postponement of the 28th annual festival until ...

Throughout his career, bluegrass banjo master J.D. Crowe selflessly made room in his band the New South for innovators. Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, and Jerry Douglas all played in the group, which, under ...