Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A kitchen fire prevented the Western Hills Winter Bluegrass Festival from happening last year at Sequoyah Lodge, but musicians and ...

NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with fiddler Darol Anger, who teams up with several talented young modern bluegrass players for a new CD that evokes music from around the globe. "Republic of Strings" by ...

Mar. 11—Acoustic musicians are coming to Owensboro on Saturday from 12 states — as far away as Colorado — to compete in the 48th Official Kentucky State Fiddle Championship at the Bluegrass Music Hall ...

Will success spoil Alison Krauss? The pressure is certainly building. On July 3, 21-year-old Krauss became the first bluegrass player in 29 years to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. That night, ...

On March 6 and 7, Luke Bulla, who at age 16 won the Grand Champion title in the National Fiddle Competition, entertained capacity crowds at Del Mar’s Town Hall at performances sponsored by the Del Mar ...

The annual Fiddler's Convention in Abingdon began as a small community gathering and has grown into a regional tradition.News ...

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 ...

MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Mountain City Fiddlers’ Convention returned on Saturday after a three-year hiatus. Contestants and fans of bluegrass gathered in the heart of Mountain City to enjoy ...

GRANITE QUARRY — Steve Kilby doesn’t remember if he attended the first ever Granite Quarry Civitan Fiddlers Convention in 1967, but he hasn’t missed many since. Originally from North Wilkesboro, Steve ...

Cuttin' grass for America's 250th birthday. Award-winning bluegrass group The Kody Norris Show is back with a new single celebrating the “Spirit of America” – and we’ve got your first listen. The song ...

Byron Berline, the acclaimed bluegrass fiddle player who expanded the vocabulary of his instrument while also establishing it as an integral voice in country-rock on recordings by Bob Dylan, the ...