In the early days of bluegrass music, two companies were largely responsible for creating that sound – Martin, for its guitars, and Gibson, for its mandolins and banjos. Even today, bluegrass ...

The idea came as music instructors at the college noted an increase in the number of bluegrass musicians in the area. "There's been a real revival in roots music that goes back to our founding days ...

ASPEN ” Fiddle? Check. Mandolin? Yep. Guitar? You betcha. And that guitar isn’t one of them newfangled electrified ones, is it? No, sir! And most important ” banjo? Oh yeah. Yes, Trampled by Turtles ...

At Boston's Berklee College of Music, a school founded as an incubator of jazz and steeped in the syntax of cool, the pluck of the banjo was a sound disdained. The bluegrass instrument was considered ...

PITTSBURGH - Greensky Bluegrass hits the road again this month, bringing along its big, bold light show. "It's probably much bigger than it ever was," the popular bluegrass jam band's dobro player, ...

Despite their name, Greensky Bluegrass is not your typical bluegrass band (a point that is more often than not addressed when discussing their music). They’re a fully acoustic five-member outfit: no ...

This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...