Bluegrass music has recently made a massive resurgence, thanks to folks like Billy Strings and Sierra Ferrell. However, as most of you know, the genre isn’t a new thing. Rather, it is one of the ...

We pay tribute to Doc Watson on the centennial of his birth. The pioneering bluegrass, country and folk guitarist and singer changed the way people around the world think about mountain music. In his ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Doc Watson is at an age when the old-timey songs he plays have a particular poignancy, particularly the church songs that tell of being "carried away" or "going over to the other ...

Legendary bluegrass Grammy winner and Merle Fest founder, Doc Watson is in Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center this morning after a fall in his home... No weather data available ...

Last night, Grammy-award-winning bluegrass guitarist and singer-songwriter Billy Strings celebrated what would’ve been the 100th birthday of Doc Watson, one of his greatest influences. The celebration ...

Legendary bluegrass musician Doc Watson dies Tuesday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after a colon surgery. He was born in Deep Gap and went onto bluegrass history... Make WXII12 a preferred ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- It was a hard year in the bluegrass world and the loss of icons such as Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson hung over the International Bluegrass Music Awards on Thursday night. The ...

Bluegrass is a genre founded on tradition. That being so, it is no surprise that bluegrass musicians from the present lift and riff off of bluegrass musicians from the past. This is not malicious nor ...

Watson, who died in 2012, was born in North Carolina went on to become widely regarded as the single greatest flat-picking guitar player in... 'Fresh Air' celebrates the centennial of legendary ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It was a hard year in the bluegrass world and the loss of icons and friends colored the International Bluegrass Music Awards. The Gibson Brothers won top honors of entertainer ...