Banjo innovator Tony Trischka will bring stories, songs and memories of bluegrass legends to the Museum of Making Music in ...

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m,, our dad, JD Crowe, went ...

For better or worse, Earl Scruggs will be remembered by most Americans for his banjo picking alongside partner Lester Flatt in a dated 1960s cultural artifact: "The Beverly Hillbillies." For better, ...

One of the sounds most synonymous with the South is the twang of a banjo—barely edged out by the thrum of cicadas or the honeyed cadence of the Southern drawl itself. But this distinctive instrument ...

J.D. Crowe, a pioneering banjo player with his progressive bluegrass group the New South, died Friday morning, according to a post on the musician’s Facebook page. He was 84. “This morning at around 3 ...

When Steve Martin quit standup three decades ago for a career in the movies, he swore he would never perform live comedy again, so stressful did he find being on stage. But tonight, at the Highline ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A renowned Bluegrass musician who called North Carolina home unexpectedly passed away at the age of 57. James "Jim" Mills died on May 3. He was born in Raleigh and started to ...

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys are a bluegrass band of brothers from New Jersey. The group, comprised of 17-year-old Tommy, 14-year-old Robbie, and 12-year-old Jonny Mizzone, first got into bluegrass thanks to ...

The Osborne Brothers played together publicly for the first time in 1953 in Knoxville, Tennessee. However, it would be more than a decade before they finally got a break when they met Doyle Wilburn of ...

Bill Monroe’s Music Park & Campground in Brown County hosts the 60th edition of Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Festival, considered the ultimate venue for live performances of the country music style, June ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty One of the sounds most synonymous with the South is the twang of a banjo—barely edged out by the thrum of cicadas or the ...