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 ...

Wearing patchwork pants and an easy smile, Bluegrass Hall of Famer Peter Rowan tipped the blue hand-thrown pottery jug inscribed with his name to his lips as if he were taking a large swig of ...

On this day (September 9) in 1966. Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass, died in Springfield, Tennessee, just days before his birthday. Before his death, Monroe invented bluegrass, introduced the ...

Tonight, April 4, Austin City Limits Celebrates 50 Years, a two-hour music-fueled special, will premiere on PBS at 9 p.m. E.T. As a precursor to the full-length program, a video of bluegrass ...

Our reward for surviving another trip around the sun is promises of spring — return to daylight saving time, daffodils, smelt, clams, trout and the seasonal emcee: SPRING CHINOOK SALMON! Little wonder ...

In 1964, the guitarist took a road trip, hoping to become Bill Monroe’s banjo player. The journey, and his longtime love of the genre, shaped the Grateful Dead. By Fred Goodman Reporting from ...