The International Bluegrass Music Association conference, awards ceremony, Bluegrass Ramble and World of Bluegrass is in Raleigh, NC, Sept. 25-29, 2018. Find our stories here. From the N&O archives — ...

Early this year, a 22-year-old bluegrass guitar player named Jake Eddy contacted clarinet player Andy Statman and asked him if he'd like to play bluegrass music together. Jon Kalish has this story ...

(LOUISVILLE, Ky.)-- The sweet sound of bluegrass music is back in the Bluegrass this weekend. After going 15 years without the longtime music tradition, the Bluegrass Festival returned to it's old ...

Jul. 15—TAZEWELL, Va. — Clear summer weather and historic cabins were the backdrop Friday for vintage music as the Tazewell County Old Time and Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention got underway at the ...

Old-timey bluegrass and gospel songs take center stage when local band Days Of Old resins up the bow. And it’s not just the toe-tapping tunes that delight; the ages of the band members offer hope for ...

Frank Lee jokes that he doesn’t want to give bluegrass a bad name. But what Lee really wants to do is make clear the distinction between the old-time music he plays, which derives from Delta blues and ...

Judging by the number of string music CDs stacking up, I have to figure that the “O Brother” phenomenon, now 4 years old, is no passing fling. Following are reviews of recent CDs with the focus on ...

On an intermittently rainy Sunday, half the participating members of this week’s Capital Area Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association jam are playing inside Arlington County’s Lyon Park Community ...

Get lost, punk-rock and emo! Welcome, bluegrass! Like many teenagers, Corrina Rose Logston grew up embracing punk and emo music. But fate — and her parents — took her in a very different direction.