As many early settlers migrated to Southern Appalachia in remote areas, many of their songs originally reflected new life on ...

The singer and fiddler’s first album with her band in more than a decade has an overarching bleakness of vision, but it still ...

Murder ballads are a major part of the tradition of bluegrass. These four songs of love, jealousy, and death are among the best.

A master improviser on banjo, he understood the genre’s roots but was also in the forefront of the later “newgrass” movement.

The sound of spring in Boonville resembles country, bluegrass, folk and Western swing — old-time genres bearing true and ...

Larry and Joe performed for my son's school last week. They were on tour with just one public show in Louisville, Kentucky, ...

Grab your fiddles, folk fans! The 2nd Annual Roots Revue, a two-day music festival on Memorial Day weekend, is returning to ...

“We love to dive deep and find hidden treasures in folk music,” Kallick said. But bluegrass is not limited to old-time music. As with jazz, the genre is driven by improvisation. “Bluegrass ...

A Grammy nominee, Hull is the first woman to win Mandolin Player of Year at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards (IBMA) since the ceremony’s inception in 1990. To date, she’s won the ...

Larry and Joe performed for my son’s school last week. They were on tour with just one public show in Louisville, Kentucky, but they took time to visit four local schools. After my son saw them play, ...