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 ...

Bluegrass aficionados recognize the pivotal role of banjo instrumentation in crafting its vibrant sound. While instruments like fiddles, upright basses, guitars, and mandolins contribute significantly ...

Bela Fleck and My Bluegrass Heart provided a night of expansive and creative acoustic music at the Performing Arts Center in ...

On this day (October 29) in 1937, Sonny Osborne was born in Thousandsticks, Kentucky. After learning to play the banjo as a child, he formed a group with his brother, Bobby Osborne. Together, the ...

The fall semester of bluegrass instrument lessons at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum begins Nov. 3. They’re ...

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 ...

Steve Martin teams with Alison Brown for a unique bluegrass cover of 'Old Town Road' featuring legendary artists.

J.D. Crowe, an award-winning bluegrass banjoist, who helped establish the careers of country stars Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley in the 1970s and whose recordings with the Bluegrass Album Band ...

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 ...

San Francisco is a land of many music festivals, but none captures the spirit of the city quite like Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. This weekend the festival takes over Golden Gate Park with six stages of ...

“Don’t you worry your pretty strip-ed head we’re gonna get you back to Tyson and your cozy tiger bed. And then we’re gonna find our best friend Doug and then we’re gonna give him a best friend hug.” ...

What happens when one of the biggest crossover hits of the 21st century gets handed to a couple of banjo virtuosos?