Bluegrass has always been a music by and for the masses. One of the pioneers of the feel-good fast-pickin’ genre in the 1940s, Bill Monroe, is credited with saying “Bluegrass has brought more people ...

Sarah “Sally” Ann Ritter, 90, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 7, 2025. She was born on January 31, 1935, to the late Gerald A. Dougherty and Jessie Long Nicholson. Sally worked as a dental ...

Sally Ann (nee: Verbeten) Peterson, 88, of Winneconne transitioned peacefully on Monday, December 1, 2025, at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh with her family at her side. A visitation will be held at ...

We mark the 100th anniversary of The Grand Ole Opry, country music’s biggest stage, and feature interviews with two of its members. First up, bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs. He and guitarist ...

Sally Anne Jones, born Sally Anne Laubin, lived a life steeped in music, language and grace. From her earliest days in Hartford and Windsor, Connecticut, to her final years in South Deerfield, ...

SHELBY, N.C. — The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby will be closed for more than a month starting Thanksgiving day, our partners at The Shelby Star reported. ALSO READ: Music pioneer and Cleveland Co.

Sally Ann Kayser, age 85, of Westerville, Ohio passed away surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, November 16, 2025. She was born on November 1, 1940, in Portsmouth, Ohio to the late Charles ...

Bluegrass music has never directly aligned with the general behavior of the mainstream country music scene. Never has it adapted for the sake of popularity and profit, and never has it bent or broken ...

The number of legendary musicians who have called North Carolina home is staggering. It's hard to imagine what music would sound like today without the contributions of artists like John Coltrane, ...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Sally Ann Ehlers Dreisbach, who passed away peacefully on October 20, 2025, at the age of 76. Sally was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, ...

Sally Ann Aldrich, 86, passed peacefully at home on Saturday, October 18, 2025. She was born in Franklin, Vt., on June 14, 1939, to Sheila A. (Partlow) and Clelan Jones. Sally was predeceased by her ...