Bill Monroe didn’t invent bluegrass music, but he refined it and is the person most often referred to as the “Father of Bluegrass.” The classic instrumentation includes upright bass, banjo, fiddle, ...

One of the most interesting points about bluegrass music is that it continues to evolve without losing sight of its roots. Just consider the annual DelFest, founded by bluegrass great Del McCoury.

The banjo keeps rolling along in 16th notes, the mandolin cuts sharply into the rhythm, and yet, there are no drums anywhere.

Multiple acts channeled the late Dolly Parton by covering her songs at San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival over the weekend, while festivalgoers honored her through their outfits.

This week's crop of new music also includes songs from The Droptines, Karissa Ella and Jake Worthington. By Jessica Nicholson This week’s crop of new music features Luke Combs getting “Back in the ...

Indie music publisher peermusic has acquired the entire music publishing catalog of bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs and the majority of the song catalog of his son, Gary Scruggs. Independent music ...

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

When Del McCoury needs a new song, he doesn't enlist a cohort of co-writers or entrust one of Music Row's famed publishing houses. He goes to the mailbox. Songwriters — from Canada to California and, ...

When people hear the name Paul McCartney, bluegrass probably isn’t the first genre of music to come to mind. But Only Murders in the Building star and musician Steve Martin used his connections to get ...

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 ...

George Elementary students get an earful of something new Thursday. "They're getting a different genre of music that they might not choose to listen to otherwise," said Principal ...