As the second of his two ferocious sets headed into the home stretch Friday evening, Billy Strings and his band gathered around a single microphone and uncorked the instrumental fire and vocal ...

Bill Monroe is credited with the creation of Bluegrass Music, and that distinction has earned him inductions into both the Country Music and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, as well as the International ...

When Billy Strings stepped up to the microphone between songs Friday night inside Bridgestone Arena, he hesitated. "We are so, uh, nervous to be here," Strings said as he fiddled with the knobs on his ...

The Kentucky property where Bill Monroe laid the foundation for bluegrass music, the genre he pioneered, is for sale. By the time he was 16, Monroe had lost both of his parents. His uncle, Pendleton ...

As bluegrass lovers head to Bean Blossom this weekend for the annual Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, a treasure trove of items related to the father of bluegrass are up for sale for the ...

Duo proffers old-timey string band music informed by the spirit of indie rock WOODSTOCK, N.Y. -- The New York Times preview said it best: “There is life after the Ramones, but who knew it would be ...

Massillon area native Hunter Skeens is a budding bluegrass talent. Hunter Skeens and The Forerunners will be releasing a debut album later this year. The band got rave reviews for its cover of the ...

In the mid-Eighties, Ricky Skaggs married his brand of bluegrass — a modernized version that included drums, piano, and electric guitar — to the burgeoning music video medium. The result was one of ...

So you’re out with friends in the Great Outdoors on a crisp night full of stars with the fire blazing. Someone has brought an acoustic guitar along with them. What are you going to play? Well, chances ...