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 ...

Bill Monroe didn’t invent bluegrass music, but he refined it and is the person most often referred to as the “Father of Bluegrass.” The classic instrumentation includes upright bass, banjo, fiddle, ...

Five-time Grammy winner and Kennedy Center Honoree Renée Fleming has been added to the lineup for the 2026 Telluride ...

LOWELL — Dozens gathered in and around the Merrimack Repertory Theatre Saturday for the Lowell Summer Music Series’ 44th annual Banjo & Fiddle Contest. The contest brought musicians from all over the ...

A party by the Inner Harbor this weekend celebrates Charm City’s long tradition of tapping a foot to the fiddle and nodding in agreement with the banjo. The Baltimore Old Time Music Festival on Friday ...

LOWELL — Boarding House Park will be the site of many jam sessions throughout the day Saturday as the Lowell Summer Music Series’ Banjo & Fiddle Contest returns for the 44th year. The free event ...

HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, January 27, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Rusty Gear, the creator of the American Way Of Life ...

Alison Brown says she's hoping for May flowers when she plays in Bentonville on Saturday. "It was a bit of a mud fest last year," she says of the FreshGrass Festival in Bentonville. Brown has been a ...

The annual Fiddler's Convention in Abingdon began as a small community gathering and has grown into a regional tradition.News ...

“Bluegrass is very community-based,” says mandolinist Patrick Kerrigan Fitzsimons, one of the founders of the academy. “You don’t need fancy equipment. You just carry your instrument, sit in a circle ...

When my longtime friend, Fiddlin’ Ted Fenstermacher, from Macungie, called me to play a banjo-fiddle gig with him, I readily agreed. There’s something about the sound of just an acoustic banjo and ...

With a bluegrass concert and dance series this weekend and the 19 th Midwinter Singing Festival next weekend, Ten Pound Fiddle is heating up the cold winter days. At 7:30 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 26, ...