In the pre-O Brother, Where Art Thou? years, many bluegrass musicians felt that the music they loved would appeal to a wide audience only if they changed it in substantial ways. But Open Road, which ...

McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A nationally acclaimed bluegrass band is coming to the Midstate to help support an area hospital’s scholarship fundraiser. The Fulton County Medical Center Foundation will ...

Violinist Darol Anger literally had a dream, one in which he was performing his bluegrass music not with the David Grisman Quintet or another small group but in front of a full-fledged big band—and in ...

The 52nd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival brought a stellar lineup to the Colorado mountain town this weekend, with artists from Zach Top and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit to Alison Krauss & Union ...

The members of Nashville bluegrass band The SteelDrivers like to quip that its catalog has a high body count. That quip rings true on the Grammy Award-winning band’s latest record and titular opening ...

Mitch and Cindy’s Bluegrass Festival is focusing on reunions this weekend. While there are sure to be some families at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds this weekend, the reunions Mitch Meadors and ...

In 2004, I was a DJ at a AAA radio station in Wilmington, North Carolina, called The Penguin. One day, I received a package in the mail from a friend who lived in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was a CD ...

“When I came back, it really shot a shockwave into acoustic musicians," he explained of his shift back to roots music after ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Bloomington Bluegrass Fest is set to take place on May 3 at Upland Brewing Co in Bloomington, Indiana, showcasing eight bands including the local string band Low Landers.

Our Westword member concerts celebrate some of the best bands in the local scene, in any genre. After hosting rock band Ipecac, queer funk group May Be Fern and collaboratory indie hip-hop project ego ...

In an era when concert tickets can cost hundreds of dollars, there may be no greater gift to Bay Area music lovers than the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass free music festival in San Francisco’s ...