Bluegrass has its roots in Appalachian music. Appalachian ballads have their roots in European dance music. No composer elevated dance music to higher spiritual grounds than Bach did. For all the ...

Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and join the celebration, on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, as Performa/Dance returns to the live performance stage with special musical guests, Greenlawn Rangers, in ...

As students learned flatfooting techniques to bluegrass originals, some soon recognized the movements as similar to The Running Man, as half the class transitioned into that class 1980s hip-hop dance.

Mandolin player Chris Thile, Garrison Keillor’s successor, will play at Weill Hall on Saturday, Nov. 14. In his teens, mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile was stunned when he first listened to a recording ...

Who: WhiteWater RambleWhen: Tonight and SaturdayWhere: Snake River Saloon, KeystoneWhere’d the name come from? Originally a song name representing multiple styles of music for “Ramble,” and WhiteWater ...

There’s an idea of the “big tent” of bluegrass, a shelter under which all are welcome and united in the magic of string instruments and the blending of voices. It’s a nice notion, but the reality is ...

In 2015, singer/songwriter Ken Gentry and guitar player Curtis Fiore happened to be camping next to each other at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. The impromptu, early-morning jam session that ensued ...

UW student Chase Nylander, of Laramie, who plays the character of Billy Cane, and Avey Jesperson, of Torrington, who plays Margo Crawford, are among the performers in the UW Department of Theatre and ...

Chicago blues is a sound and a brand. Chicago bluegrass has a more obscure history, and the band Special Consensus honors that past on “Chicago Barn Dance.” The album was inspired by the National Barn ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Bill Knowlton, host of "Bluegrass Ramble" on WCNY-FM, returns with his 45th annual barn dance at The Studios at WCNY this week. The show will take place at 415 West Fayette St. from ...