The guitar hero proves you don’t need tons of pyrotechnics to sell out arenas—in this case, a banjo, mandolin and fiddle are ...

Though Willie (pardon the first-name basis) has never played the Birchmere — he did a 1995 show at Wolf Trap instead — Skaggs ...

In early January, the Winter Village Music Camp will return once again to downtown Ithaca, connecting regional musicians and ...

Steve Martin and the Board of The Steve Martin Banjo Prize have announced two winners for this year’s prize. Building on the ...

Archeologists Discover a 17,000 Years Old Musical Instrument Deep Inside a Cave, Stunned to Get Near-Perfect Notes Out of It ...

Jim Brunberg of Portland duo Wonderly told us about his love for his thrift store finds... Jim Brunberg: I can't do without ...

“There’s an old bluegrass song that Bill Monroe ... Star Shining” likely will also be on the program. Master of many instruments, Skaggs expects to play the mandolin, the acoustic guitar ...

I started playing banjo and writing tunes for [the instrument ... there’s always a Southern gospel component to bluegrass. We’re doing an old English ballad, a cappella.

The Petersens, a family band known for their soulful bluegrass music, will be performing in Northland next year. Known for their tight harmonies, heartfelt songs, and deep-rooted connection to the ...

custodians of wonder When Sundiata took the throne, he appointed a man named Balla Fasséké Kouyaté to be the guardian of a sacred instrument ... The 49-year-old has been featured as a session ...

Some, like Kouyaté, play a xylophone-like instrument called the balafon ... There, Stein would come to understand a centuries-old tradition and become one of the first foreign journalists ...

and as passionately as Bronwyn does every time she picks up her instrument. The challenge she butts heads with is that she may just be too beautiful for our times. There are three cuts on “I Built a ...