There’s a sour note in the legacy of bluegrass music legend Bill Monroe, as the man who runs an annual festival in Monroe’s honor is locked in a legal battle with the county over who gets to use ...

Bill Monroe transmuted childhood tragedy into an entirely new genre of music. The original singer of the popular Elvis Presley hit “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” Monroe blended “Scottish bagpipes and ...

Listen to a conversation with the virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and bandleader, Ricky Skaggs. Born in Kentucky in ...

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Wearing patchwork pants and an easy smile, Bluegrass Hall of Famer Peter Rowan tipped the blue hand-thrown pottery jug inscribed with his name to his lips as if he were taking a large swig of ...

Bassist Mark Hembree's On the Bus With Bill Monroe: My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass gives us the legendary Father of Bluegrass as we've come to know him: intimidating, sometimes ...

OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — Bluegrass history is likely to be made in Owensboro this fall when dozens of hall of famers take the stage for what would have been Bill Monroe's 100th birthday. "We're going to ...

In 1945, bluegrass musician Bill Monroe released the waltz “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” a song that Elvis Presley would cover nearly 10 years later. In the recording studio, Elvis made a number of changes ...

Billy Strings, photo by Stevo Rood Billy Strings touched down in Kentucky last night to set off a two-night stand at Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center. At the ...

If you're a lover of bluegrass music, some of the genre's richest history can be found in the blink-and-you-miss-it town of Rosine in Ohio County. The Rosine Barn is home to free Friday night ...