Many of the people who follow bluegrass festivals come not only to hear music played by professionals, but to enjoy picking tunes with fellow campers. 'We get to play music as well as listen to it," ...

Bluegrass music has never directly aligned with the general behavior of the mainstream country music scene. Never has it adapted for the sake of popularity and profit, and never has it bent or broken ...

Tony Rice, the master bluegrass picker who drew fans worldwide for the chance to hear the quick, fluid sounds he conjured from his storied Martin D-28 guitar, has died at age 69. Rice died Friday at ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — After the explosive opening plucks of the song “I Ain’t” by Cole Quest and the City Pickers, listeners may be caught off guard that the first verse is about … eating your vegetables ...

The next Dove Mountain Bluegrass Jam is scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Dove Mountain Center at West Tangerine Road and North Dove Mountain Boulevard. The jam is outdoors on the patio adjacent ...

Like it or not, Durango has an active bluegrass-music scene. Live with it. While its popularity may bum some of the genre’s naysayers out, it’s arguably not any more fertile than the towns punk or EDM ...

Patrick Varine Thursday, May 30, 2024 4:00 a.m. | Thursday, May 30, 2024 4:00 a.m. Mt. Lebanon’s John Mackin got his first taste of bluegrass music as a young boy in the mid-1950s. Mackin, 74, ...

Most music festivals on Long Island choose to focus on rock, jam bands, blues or country. But there’s only one that spotlights bluegrass, the music genre that mixes acoustic instruments with ...

Earlier this year, Dierks Bentley cut a bluegrass version of “American Girl” for Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty. The track was one of the highlights of the album. Tonight, he ...