After a few years playing electric guitar in rock bands, at the age of nineteen upon his mother’s insistence Drew Emmitt purchased an A-model mandolin and proceeded to learn as much bluegrass as ...

The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist has one foot in traditional bluegrass and another in improvisational jam ...

You can hardly (strictly) walk into a Portland bar without seeing someone pluck a banjo in a corner these days, which has been good news for Greensky Bluegrass. The Michigan band will play two nights ...

Even with seven albums -- including their newest project All for Money, out Friday (Jan. 18) -- under their belts, bluegrass jam band Greensky Bluegrass' studio presence is still, and will always be, ...

From 1981 through 1997, there was no other country music entertainer more revered among their peers than Ricky Skaggs. By Chuck Dauphin From 1981 through 1997, there was no country music entertainer ...

There has been one guiding principle for bluegrass legend Del McCoury over his 50-plus years on stage and in the studio: variety. “Usually when I do a record, all I look for is variety," said McCoury, ...

This fall, Folkways reissued the first two LPs by the groundbreaking bluegrass duo of Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard. In celebration of these reissues and in honor of the duo's legacy and cultural ...

Greensky Bluegrass welcomes collaborators including Billy Strings, Sam Bush, Holly Bowling and Lindsay Lou on the group's new album. By Jessica Nicholson On Oct. 31, while much of the country revels ...

This interview was originally broadcast on Nov. 24, 2010. In 2010, the four members of the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band joined Fresh Air for an in-studio performance, as well as a discussion of ...

Missy Raines & The New Hip: 7 p.m. Jan. 26; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center: 941-545-5635; fogartyville.org It’s not easy for a bluegrass bass player to step into the spotlight to front ...