Ricky Skaggs was seen as a rebel for switching from country music to bluegrass in the mid-'90s. In reality, he's a picker at heart, and country fans were lucky to have him on the radio during his run ...

Throughout his career, bluegrass banjo master J.D. Crowe selflessly made room in his band the New South for innovators. Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, and Jerry Douglas all played in the group, which, under ...

Ricky Skaggs and his band, Kentucky Thunder, put a major win on the scoreboard for real, live music during their sold-out set at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium on Thursday night (July 27). The ...

*“It’s one of the songs off our ‘Spirit of America’ album,” said Bluegrass, “Entertainer of the Year” Kody Norris about the ...

‘It Felt Great to Play Bluegrass Again’: an interview with Drew Emmitt After a few years playing electric guitar in rock bands, at the age of nineteen upon his mother’s insistence Drew Emmitt ...

The four members of the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band recently joined Fresh Air for an in-studio performance, as well as a discussion of traditional and modern bluegrass music. Grammy-winning lead ...

Even with seven albums -- including their newest project All for Money, out Friday (Jan. 18) -- under their belts, bluegrass jam band Greensky Bluegrass' studio presence is still, and will always be, ...

Bluegrass, Americana, folk. These are some of the richest traditions in American music history, and they are currently experiencing a massive revival. One of the groups cresting that wave and leading ...

Missy Raines & The New Hip: 7 p.m. Jan. 26; Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center: 941-545-5635; fogartyville.org It’s not easy for a bluegrass bass player to step into the spotlight to front ...

You can hardly (strictly) walk into a Portland bar without seeing someone pluck a banjo in a corner these days, which has been good news for Greensky Bluegrass. The Michigan band will play two nights ...