A new semester of group music lessons will begin April 28, offering instruction in fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, and band ...
South Korea’s first and only bluegrass group, Country GongBang, is set to perform at the 40th Festival International de ...
Bluegrass musicians perform at The Granite in Georgetown, located at the former Granite Church. Photo courtesy of The Granite GEORGETOWN ...
FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama has played a role in some of the most iconic recordings in American popular music history. Today it hosts From the Top and the next generation of classical ...
Vappie, a New Orleans native (now living in St. Tammany) and Creole master of the tenor banjo, is a member of the American ...
Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...
Few festivals could take a five-year hiatus and come roaring back. But this winter, the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival is doing exactly that with its first full edition since 2020. The indoor festival, ...
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The 11:00 am – noon session is the Beginner Bluegrass Jam/Class, featuring easy music and slow paced playing and singing. Most numbers are in the ...
Over Halloween weekend Greensky Bluegrass returned to their point of origin and proving ground in Kalamazoo, Michigan. There the band celebrated a quarter-century of spirited sounds and sparkling ...
At Denver's Swallow Hill BanjoFest on Saturday, the toe-tappin' rhythm, quick-pickin' chords and an unmistakable twang filled the air. For Toronto-based musician Chris Coole, that sound comes down to ...
In what will amount to an early Christmas present for bluegrass pickers and music lovers across Western North Carolina and beyond, there’s a brand-new album from the late Carroll Best. “What he did ...
Come on down to the American Banjo Museum this Saturday as they host their Bricktown Banjo Bash this weekend bringing the sounds of bluegrass, jazz and much more to the streets of downtown Oklahoma ...