Lester Flatt’s Martin D-18 acoustic guitar – an instrument that helped pave the way for traditional bluegrass music – is set to be sold at auction. It headlines Heritage Auction’s upcoming event, set ...

Lester Flatt’s Pickin’ Time is now at your fingertips. The Bluegrass great’s final album, recorded in 1978 alongside his acclaimed backing band The Nashville Grass, has been remastered and made ...

The House of Representatives voted unanimously Tuesday to honor bluegrass legend Lester Flatt. Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN), who now represents the area Flatt was born in, says the music and the late ...

A Martin D-18 guitar that bluegrass icon Lester Flatt played numerous times on the Grand Ole Opry and with the Foggy Mountain Boys is up for auction from Heritage Auctions. The instrument was listed ...

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs are known as pioneers of bluegrass music and their band, the Foggy Mountain Boys, is considered one of the most iconic groups in the genre's history. Formed in 1948, the ...

When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. During an annual event honoring their rich bluegrass heritage, Liberty ...

Scruggs’ eureka break came when he and Lester Flatt joined Bill Monroe’s band, the Blue Grass Boys. Their recordings from 1946 and ’47 provided enormous groundwork for much of what bluegrass became ...

Jerry Douglas, considered by many to be the best dobro player in the world, brings his instrument to the studio and talks about his new album, The... Jerry Douglas' Tribute To Bluegrass Legends Lester ...

Bill Monroe didn’t invent bluegrass music, but he refined it and is the person most often referred to as the “Father of Bluegrass.” The classic instrumentation includes upright bass, banjo, fiddle, ...

Jerry Douglas' new album, which he also produced, is a tribute to the influential bluegrass band the Foggy Mountain Boys, led by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. That's the band that got Douglas into ...