Sixteen-year-old George Portz, left, became the youngest winner of a state open fiddle championship in 1969. He died Jan. 9 after more than 50 years playing bluegrass music. Provided George Portz was ...

Six train cars and six string bands performing on a moving train is the perfect classroom for anyone who wants to learn about bluegrass and its role in American roots music. That classroom is next ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — From the age of four, Michael Cleveland has always wanted to play music. His grandparents took him to his first bluegrass shows as a young child and for him it was love at first note ...

Joanna Ridgway, managing director and head of the southwest region for Santander Bank, began playing classical violin at the age of 3. But after graduating from Rhodes College with a business ...

From a young age, Michael Cleveland knew he was meant to play the fiddle. Cleveland has received numerous awards for his fiddle playing and, with his band Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, won the ...

For the past few years, just ahead of Kentucky Derby time, visitors arriving into Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport would be greeted by live bluegrass, a defining sound of the region ...

Back and forth, their bows glide across violin strings; hands noodle over fingerboards. But for all the effort, the students can't quite keep the rhythm. "I can tell we've had two weeks off. That was ...

A few weeks ago, I saw a Facebook event posting for an “electric violinist.” Now there’s a listing you don’t see every day when looking for “live music” in Hendersonville. Granted, sometimes I see ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Xiong / EyeEm / Getty Images Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You ...

Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...