Amid the halls of the Kenan Music Building, the sounds of mandolins, banjos, fiddles and guitars can be heard as the Carolina Bluegrass Band brings rich, locally-rooted bluegrass music to life. The ...

The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame opened in Owensboro, Ky., in 1991. Since its founding, musicians from 20 states, plus Washington, D.C., have been inducted. But the inductees have largely been from ...

COOPERSTOWN — East Nash Grass will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 9 at The Otesaga Resort Hotel. According to a news release, East Nash Grass, “one of the hottest young bands in bluegrass today,” was ...

The Milford Arts Council (MAC) brought together three local bands Saturday afternoon for its Bluegrass and Roots Music Festival. It featured Moonrise Cartel, a folk band from Black Rock, Trunk Band, a ...

Mountain Grass Unit is the hottest band in bluegrass right now. The Birmingham, Alabama-born four-piece broke out in a big way last year, running and gunning with a fifty-plus-show summer tour that ...

The members of Nashville bluegrass band The SteelDrivers like to quip that its catalog has a high body count. That quip rings true on the Grammy Award-winning band’s latest record and titular opening ...

And to ensure the best odds that I eventually break free from the physical and emotional freeze, I tabbed my unstoppable ...

A while back I was attending an iconic bluegrass artist’s concert with a friend. As the night neared its end, my buddy was getting a bit tired after a long run of slower tunes and declared, “OK, let’s ...

In 2004, I was a DJ at a AAA radio station in Wilmington, North Carolina, called The Penguin. One day, I received a package in the mail from a friend who lived in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was a CD ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Bloomington Bluegrass Fest is set to take place on May 3 at Upland Brewing Co in Bloomington, Indiana, showcasing eight bands including the local string band Low Landers.

This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...