In a media landscape still catching up to Black brilliance, these 10 podcasts prove we’ve always been ahead of the curve. So ...

The Planet Bluegrass film project that began shooting nearly two years ago at the 50th Telluride Bluegrass Festival could be ...

Mayor Tom Watson announced that his Bluegrass Music Capital of the World Task Force had the money to hire a full-time director.

Often singing in a Zulu dialect that spikes like Puerto Rican Spanish melding with melodic French, Ladysmith Black Mambazo ...

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

Tim White came back to WFXR News on Thursday, March 27, to share some tunes and talk about Songs of the Mountains’ next show.

The Birmingham-based pair count numerous musical influences – from jazz to Celtic, Appalachian to eastern music.

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

Enjoy shows from jazz to bluegrass to electronic to gospel – all for free at Big Ears in 2025. There are moving exhibitions ...

Black Bear festival, seeking better weather, will be in August in 2025 instead of October and shift to Harwinton Fairgrounds.

As a pianist, music sociologist and researcher, my work extends beyond performance. It is a deliberate act of historical recovery and relentless efforts to translate social realities into sound so […] ...

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