We try to play a high-energy show.” The band will bring bluegrass to Jonesborough at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 26, at the ...

That’s just one reason Rinzler, who died in 1994 at age 59, was recently inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. He was also a mandolin and banjo player of note ...

Noam Pikelny won’t be far from home when the renowned banjo maestro ... obsessing about the instrumental music of Norman Blake,” a masterful guitar player that he calls “one of the greatest ...

They did “Wildwood Flower” and they followed with some quick banjo instrumental and ... playing a hybrid of bluegrass, folk-rock, and jug band music. Their cover of a Jerry Jeff Walker song ...

79-year-old Steve Martin should also be as well regarded as a banjo-strumming aficionado and historian of bluegrass music. He has released six consecutive No. 1 albums in the genre since 2009.

Such informal music gatherings remain the places where old time, country, and bluegrass traditions are ... particular region and tradition. Piano, banjo, string bass, and guitar are common in ...

Michigan-born guitarist Billy Strings closed his spring tour with a tribute to the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and the tragedy on Lake Superior.

Martin describes Brown’s music ... of the banjo … and melodies that can engender an emotional response from the listener.” Steve Martin and Alison Brown on the 'push-pull' in bluegrass ...

Dreamville isn’t the only music festival to end its run in Raleigh. The week-long International Bluegrass Music Association ... From left, Koltyn West on the banjo, Mary Parker on fiddle and ...