"I felt, in writing this piece, that there was an openness, or a kind of a renewed freshness, I had working with music materials, because I was working in a new form. It took out all the cobwebs in ...

And to ensure the best odds that I eventually break free from the physical and emotional freeze, I tabbed my unstoppable ...

Sixteen-year-old George Portz, left, became the youngest winner of a state open fiddle championship in 1969. He died Jan. 9 after more than 50 years playing bluegrass music. Provided George Portz was ...

The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis' coming season will deliver the classical masterpieces audiences have come to expect. But across the fall of 2025 and first half of 2026, several ...

Last weekend’s snow and this week’s bitter cold have forced the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum to postpone the start ...

Nearly every musician has probably, at one time or another, harbored secret fantasies of being in a band. Those who are actually lucky enough to be in one know what an incredible experience making and ...

Mar. 13—Sounds of acoustic guitars and fiddles filled the Woodward Theatre on Saturday as contestants of all ages competed in the 48th Official Kentucky State Fiddle Championship at the Bluegrass Hall ...

Within hours of arriving at Fiddle Camp in Stillwater this week, students were learning the art of improvising from two masters. Bluegrass, explained Brian Wicklund and Joe Walsh, is all about ...

Frigid temperatures and residual snow from Winter Storm Fern couldn’t stop musicians from across the country from attending Saturday’s Open Jam session at downtown Owensboro’s Bluegrass Music Hall 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 ...

For more than three decades, the Midwinter Bluegrass Festival has been bringing together pickers from across the Front Range. While there are plenty of opportunities in Colorado for music fans to see ...