Bluegrass aficionados recognize the pivotal role of banjo instrumentation in crafting its vibrant sound. While instruments like fiddles, upright basses, guitars, and mandolins contribute significantly ...

The International Bluegrass Music Association conference, awards ceremony, Bluegrass Ramble and World of Bluegrass is in Raleigh, NC, Sept. 25-29, 2018. Find our stories here. The first song on ...

Since forming 20 years ago, John Reischman & The Jaybirds have honed their own style of bluegrass, wedding the genre’s characteristic rapid-fire solos and vocal harmonies with an old-time, almost ...

While winning acclaim for her concert performances with orchestras and in competitions around the world, violinist Tessa Lark is trying to broaden the kind of programming being performed. And Michael ...

How can you tell that a bluegrass band is from New Orleans? For starters, it’s a dead giveaway if they cover a Meters song. Or in this case, two Meters songs: the Tanglers’ “Grassy Pi” is actually a ...

When the fiddle appears in a country song, it is undeniably the loudest and most piercing instrument on the track. It can whine, it can hiss, it can do many things the guitar can and cannot. One might ...

Love a good house show, but looking for something different? Enter Belltower, a student indie bluegrass band. Formed on the University of Oregon campus, Belltower brings a different sound to the local ...