Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A kitchen fire prevented the Western Hills Winter Bluegrass Festival from happening last year at Sequoyah Lodge, but musicians and ...

The Spring season is well underway, and that means the sounds of the Appalachian Mountains will fill the Lodi Grape Festival's Jackson Hall next week. The California Bluegrass Association is ...

Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...

A few weeks ago, I saw a Facebook event posting for an “electric violinist.” Now there’s a listing you don’t see every day when looking for “live music” in Hendersonville. Granted, sometimes I see ...

I once asked famous bluegrass fiddler Leslie Keith about the difference between a violin and a fiddle. “Well, Jim,’ he replied, “you keep a violin in a beautiful tooled leather case, and you tote a ...

Ken White has a theory about people and their connection to bluegrass music, even if they don't know they have a connection to bluegrass music. "I like to say, 'Everybody loves bluegrass, but not ...

Nearly every musician has probably, at one time or another, harbored secret fantasies of being in a band. Those who are actually lucky enough to be in one know what an incredible experience making and ...

AMERICANA LOVERS Chad and Catherine Manning are founders of Manning Music, where they teach bluegrass and acoustic music. (Photo by Katy Castro and Franklin Avery) Manning Music bills itself as a ...