LOUISVILLE, Ky. — From the age of four, Michael Cleveland has always wanted to play music. His grandparents took him to his first bluegrass shows as a young child and for him it was love at first note ...

Joanna Ridgway, managing director and head of the southwest region for Santander Bank, began playing classical violin at the age of 3. But after graduating from Rhodes College with a business ...

That we find Jason Carter at home on an early January afternoon is something of an anomaly. The Greenup County-born fiddler is usually on the road as a charter member of two multi-Grammy winning, ...

Dylan Langille *** Over Halloween weekend Greensky Bluegrass returned to their point of origin and proving ground in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Jubilantly playing her fiddle, 16-year-old Alani Sugar entertained library patrons with guitarist Greg Fury, of Olney. “I love that she’s so young and enthusiastic,” said Kathy Martin, of Eldersburg. ...

From a young age, Michael Cleveland knew he was meant to play the fiddle. Cleveland has received numerous awards for his fiddle playing and, with his band Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, won the ...

Like everyone else in her Pittsburgh family, Sue Cunningham was raised playing classical music. But Cunningham, who was trained on violin and played in orchestras from the age of 12, began to see the ...

Vassar Clements, a virtuoso fiddle player who transcended genres and influenced generations of bluegrass musicians, died of lung cancer Aug. 16 at his home outside Nashville. He was 77. A self-taught ...

The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis' coming season will deliver the classical masterpieces audiences have come to expect. But across the fall of 2025 and first half of 2026, several ...

After making an album of all train-related songs and a holiday record, Twin Cities bluegrass band the High 48s took a simple approach to their eighth release, “Daddy Was a Bank Robber,” which they’re ...

EVERETT – Sometimes it’s a melancholy tune that drifts on the breeze outside the Snohomish County courthouse. But wait a while and hear it shift to a hopeful reel, something almost foot-stomping.

Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...