LOUISVILLE, Ky. — From the age of four, Michael Cleveland has always wanted to play music. His grandparents took him to his first bluegrass shows as a young child and for him it was love at first note ...

Sixteen-year-old George Portz, left, became the youngest winner of a state open fiddle championship in 1969. He died Jan. 9 after more than 50 years playing bluegrass music. Provided George Portz was ...

Vernon native Nick Piccininni, mandolinist for CO-based bluegrass group, Yonder Mountain String Band, plays Stanley Theatre ...

For the past few years, just ahead of Kentucky Derby time, visitors arriving into Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport would be greeted by live bluegrass, a defining sound of the region ...

Without bluegrass gospel music, a production of "Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming" would have no soul. But that won't be a problem when Ephrata ACT presents this musical comedy starting this weekend.

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 ...

Distinguished bluegrass artist and instrumentalist Michael Cleveland is unequivocally nothing short of extraordinary. The 12-time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year and GRAMMY Award-winner has announced ...

My first attempt to reach fiddler Casey Driessen at his Nashville home failed. It wasn’t that Driessen didn’t answer. It’s that, over the cries of his 10-month-old daughter, I couldn’t hear him. By ...

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 ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (July 19, 2019) -- When Akiyasu Sumi first asked an American friend about going to a bluegrass festival in the United States, the man cautioned him against it, saying the festivals ...