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 — ...

This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...

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 ...

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. The debut CD by Hit & Run Bluegrass comes with good buzz ...

(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 ...

While famed Bluegrass godfather Bill Monroe proposed an almost cult-like, puritan insularity for the music’s practitioners, banjo-guitar maestro Herb Pedersen has memorably rambled through just about ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The sounds of bluegrass will take over San Francisco Sunday as Old Crow Medicine Show" and the Bay Area's own Molly Tuttle grace the stage. The artists have collaborated in the past, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When Big Ears starts in Knoxville on March 21, people in the city will be surrounded by music of all kinds. It will echo through the Old City and across the downtown area, and among ...