When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

It’s always news when “Banjo Dan” Lindner, Vermont’s dean of bluegrass, issues a new CD, even more so when it is to be his last. And appropriately, “Spirits” celebrates spirituality. “This is a ...

Bluegrass couldn't avoid the transformative touch of the '60, and we think that 1968 was one of its most exciting years.

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 ...

(OWENSBORO, Ky.)-- A banjo played by folk music icon Pete Seeger during protest rallies in the 1960s has a new home at the International Bluegress Music Museum. California musician Carl Pagter ...

Bluegrass music can transport listeners with the instrumental dexterity of the players, as those acoustic guitars, banjos, fiddles, and other back-porch instruments churn away in mesmerizing fashion.

Beyoncé's surprise new country album has kicked open the saloon doors to a new audience. While this may not be Beyoncé's first rodeo when it comes to country music, people are now exploring the genre ...

Tony Trischka is considered the consummate banjo artist and perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world. For more than 50 years, his stylings have inspired a whole generation of ...

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 ...

Named after the comedian-turned-banjo-playing-musician, Steve Martin, two winners receive the prestigious award each year. Martin and the Board of The Steve Martin Banjo Prize have announced the two ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky has lost a Bluegrass music legend. Renowned banjo player J.D. Crowe died early Thursday, according to a social media post by his son. He was 84. The Lexington, ...