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. From the N&O archives — ...

Judging by the number of string music CDs stacking up, I have to figure that the “O Brother” phenomenon, now 4 years old, is no passing fling. Following are reviews of recent CDs with the focus on ...

(LOUISVILLE, Ky.)-- The sweet sound of bluegrass music is back in the Bluegrass this weekend. After going 15 years without the longtime music tradition, the Bluegrass Festival returned to it's old ...

Early this year, a 22-year-old bluegrass guitar player named Jake Eddy contacted clarinet player Andy Statman and asked him if he'd like to play bluegrass music together. Jon Kalish has this story ...

It is 88-year-old bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley’s job to walk onto the stage, find the microphone and sing. His grandson, 22-year-old Nathan Stanley, is in charge of everything else — he’s the road ...

Old-timey bluegrass and gospel songs take center stage when local band Days Of Old resins up the bow. And it’s not just the toe-tapping tunes that delight; the ages of the band members offer hope for ...

Bluegrass fans motor from festival to festival seeking the music in its purest form, and during the second weekend of every August, some of them drink from a singular source tucked into the rolling ...

Frank Lee jokes that he doesn’t want to give bluegrass a bad name. But what Lee really wants to do is make clear the distinction between the old-time music he plays, which derives from Delta blues and ...

Mixing new grass with old grass, the next generation of pickers are the stars of the 40th annual Bowers Mansion Bluegrass ...