MARSHALL - Though the history of bluegrass and old-time music in Western North Carolina, and in Madison County in particular, is an incredibly rich one, the tradition has not died out. For evidence of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Telluride Bluegrass Festival celebrates a milestone 50th anniversary in June, but because the event is notoriously an instant sell-out, it’s improbable ...

With a cigarette dangling from his bottom lip, Robert Greer focuses intently on restringing his Martin D-18 acoustic guitar. Sporting a scruffy beard, camouflage hunting shirt, work pants and trucker ...

Ralph Stanley, the godfather of traditional bluegrass music who found a new generation of fans late in life thanks to his Grammy-winning music for the 2000 movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" died ...

This article was written for our sponsor, the PNC Presents Wide Open Bluegrass. Bluegrass is a genre unlike any other, but simultaneously, a fusion of many types of music including traditional Irish, ...

A bluegrass festival can be as small as a few campsites with some live music provided by the campers themselves, or it can attract 50,000 people gathered at multiple stages featuring some of the best ...

BATH COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A celebration of music and the artists who are keeping bluegrass alive is planned for this month with the return of the Bath Bluegrass Jamboree. The event is now in its 22nd ...

Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this report included photos of John Frazier and Ronnie McCoury, musicians who have performed with Jeff Austin and the Yonder Mountain String Band.

Bluegrass is one of many influencing genres behind modern country music, and quite a few country legends got their musical start in the classic American roots genre. These four legends, in particular, ...