In the early days of bluegrass music, two companies were largely responsible for creating that sound – Martin, for its guitars, and Gibson, for its mandolins and banjos. Even today, bluegrass ...

One hundred two years ago today, one of the most innovative and influential bluegrass musicians in the genre's history was born.

On the surface, there might seem to be a world of difference between jazz and bluegrass music. Jazz is predominantly urban and often deals with relatively complex structures, chords and key changes.

At Boston's Berklee College of Music, a school founded as an incubator of jazz and steeped in the syntax of cool, the pluck of the banjo was a sound disdained. The bluegrass instrument was considered ...

STURTEVANT -- The Route 20 Bluegrass Jam is for anyone and everyone who sings and/or plays a bluegrass instrument: guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass or dobro! They jam on the 1st and 3rd Thursday ...

Bluegrass fans say the mountain-inspired music helps kids understand history—and themselves. In the Atlanta suburb where 13-year-old Sarah Schneider lives, the instrument tucked under her chin is ...

Despite their name, Greensky Bluegrass is not your typical bluegrass band (a point that is more often than not addressed when discussing their music). They’re a fully acoustic five-member outfit: no ...

Every June, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival brings out many of the same performers, and the same fans, for four days of fun (usually) in the sun surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery in ...

On the surface, there might seem to be a world of difference between jazz and bluegrass music. Jazz is predominantly urban and often deals with relatively complex structures, chords and key changes.