WINONA, Minn. — Boats and Bluegrass Festival is a beloved tradition for 3,000 fans of music and recreation on the Mississippi ...

Guitarist Bradly Parsons remembers the first bluegrass song he ever learned. At 7 years old, he played the folksy mountain ...

The trip back to the place that started it all left Alison H. Brown ’84 with a recognition of how far she has come.

One performer has played at every single Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. More than 20 artists have played at least 10 ...

Bluegrass came into being, at least in our modern understanding of the genre, alongside recorded music. That means we have recordings from the earliest bluegrass stars up until now. Rest assured, ...

A master improviser on banjo, he understood the genre’s roots but was also in the forefront of the later “newgrass” movement. By Bill Friskics-Warren Eddie Adcock, a virtuoso banjo and guitar player ...

The Bluegrass Hall of Fame member played fast without sacrificing the genre's melodic core, and improvised with a sense of humor. By Steve Knopper In 1968, while square-dancing during his boss Bill ...

With his mandolin playing and his high, lonesome tenor voice, Bill Monroe gave birth to the bluegrass genre. More of an alchemist than an ordinary musician, Monroe fused gospel harmonies and Celtic ...

The biggest story of this year’s International Bluegrass Music Association award show wasn’t that Billy Strings won his third consecutive Entertainer of the Year honor. Nor was it that Sierra Hull ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Telluride Bluegrass Festival celebrates a milestone 50th anniversary in June, but because the event is notoriously an instant sell-out, it’s improbable ...