This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...

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 ...

Jul. 15—TAZEWELL, Va. — Clear summer weather and historic cabins were the backdrop Friday for vintage music as the Tazewell County Old Time and Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention got underway at the ...

That’s a main rule of the Old Time Country Bluegrass Gospel Music Association, founded by Wayne and Cathy Agnew, who are preserving these unique musical styles performed before electric and percussion ...

Ralph Stanley, now 82, has been singing and playing professionally since the '40s, but the music he performs now is not radically different from what he grew up playing and singing with his brother, ...

WITH US. LOOKING AHEAD THIS SATURDAY, THE YADKIN AT BLUEGRASS AND OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION RETURNS. IT WILL BE HELD ALL DAY INSIDE OF YADKINVILLE ELEMENTARY, AND YOU DO STILL HAVE TIME TO REGISTER TO ...

The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. is where bluegrass debuted in 1945, and the Station Inn is Nashville's famous club for bluegrass music. But they're only two of Music City's hotspots for ...

OLD TIME CONVENTION WAS HELD THIS AFTERNOON, BRINGING AN OLD STYLE OF MUSIC TO LIFE. MUSIC FANS OF ALL AGES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM AND COMPETE IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE. THE YADKIN ARTS ...

Each year for the past 89, Galax, Va., has hosted what it proclaims is the world's oldest and largest fiddler's convention. People come from all around to keep alive a rich American musical tradition.

One of the all-time greats of bluegrass, Del McCoury, quietly passed through Marin County last week, playing a sold-out ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – East Tennessee State University’s (ETSU) Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music program set the stage for a unique group of students this year: Hungarian folk musicians with ...

Apr. 13—Break out your banjos, rosin up your fiddle bows and head out to the Lodi Grape Festival grounds on Tuesday if you want to tap your toes to some down-home bluegrass music. The California ...