"I felt, in writing this piece, that there was an openness, or a kind of a renewed freshness, I had working with music materials, because I was working in a new form. It took out all the cobwebs in ...

Fans of bluegrass and old-time fiddle music will be in heaven this weekend in Tuscaloosa. The 2025 Fiddle Fest and Southeastern Fiddle Championship will be held Feb. 22 on the Martin Campus of Shelton ...

Mar. 21—When Ivy Phillips and her brother were home-schooled, her mother enrolled her in music lessons, and the power of music took hold. Phillips, who now teaches music full-time, made the drive from ...

MIDDLETOWN — The Buttonwood Tree performing arts center will be hosting two concerts this weekend, featuring a California-based violinist, and bluegrass band from Plainfield. For 25 years, Murphy has ...

Bootheel Bluegrass Festival returns to Fruitland Jan. 29-31 with award-winning songwriter Daryl Mosley, full weekend lineups, crafts, vendors and affordable, at-the-door tickets.

Like everyone else in her Pittsburgh family, Sue Cunningham was raised playing classical music. But Cunningham, who was trained on violin and played in orchestras from the age of 12, began to see the ...

Pat Kay plays banjo with his band the Kay Brothers Traditional bluegrass music is a melting pot. It has roots in Appalachian, Celtic and jazz music, and musicologists trace the origins of the banjo ...

From a young age, Michael Cleveland knew he was meant to play the fiddle. Cleveland has received numerous awards for his fiddle playing and, with his band Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, won the ...

Bluegrass and country music legend Ricky Skaggs plays Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on Sunday with Kentucky Thunder.

From an early age, bluegrass was integral to Kirk Brandenberger's life. His father was fiddler on the family farm outside of Keokuk, and his mother was a strong supporter of her husband's music. It ...

Whether you’re listening to Patti Smith’s cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” or versions of Jethro Tull’s “Locomotive Breath,” it’s not all that uncommon to hear fiddle, especially in later versions ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program is beginning on May 23rd for children ages 9 and older. Students can learn bluegrass music in a group with their teacher, and ...