Since 2013, fall in Raleigh means it’s time for bluegrass — specifically the International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual conference and music festival. It’s one of the biggest events in the ...
WITH US. LOOKING AHEAD THIS SATURDAY, THE YADKIN AT BLUEGRASS AND OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION RETURNS. IT WILL BE HELD ALL DAY INSIDE OF YADKINVILLE ELEMENTARY, AND YOU DO STILL HAVE TIME TO REGISTER TO ...
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 ...
Lindsay Lou is the secret weapon of the new wave of bluegrass music that has propelled the genre from the fringes to the mainstream. She performs Saturday night at the Wheeler Opera House with her ...
Last month, the Irish bluegrass band JigJam released their latest album Across the Pond. The 12-track collection showcases a blend of Irish traditional music and bluegrass. The album is a little more ...
On Oct. 31, while much of the country revels in Halloween activities, bluegrass-Americana powerhouse group Greensky Bluegrass will officially celebrate its 25 th anniversary. The group first launched ...
For all the progressivism that's inherent in musical creation, the fact remains that the music industry is largely a patriarchal structure. There are plenty of huge female acts, but the ...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – East Tennessee State University’s (ETSU) Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music program set the stage for a unique group of students this year: Hungarian folk musicians with ...
If you think all bluegrass fans look like they just popped up from a cornfield on “Hee Haw,” then you’ve never seen Greensky Bluegrass. At a House of Blues concert in Boston last month, the band ...
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 ...
ROSINE, Ky. (WBKO) -Deep in the rolling hills of Western Kentucky lies the 95-person town of Rosine. The town might be small, but it was there that a young Bill Monroe first began utilizing the ...