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 ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — From the age of four, Michael Cleveland has always wanted to play music. His grandparents took him to his first bluegrass shows as a young child and for him it was love at first note ...
Last month, at the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award show in Chattanooga, Appalachian Road Show took the ...
The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum will start its fall group music lessons on Nov. 4. And by the time the lessons end of Dec. 16, students will be ready to perform Christmas songs at local ...
We’d be remiss if we didn’t start with “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels Band. After all, the country/Southern rock song with bluegrass tones became a classic almost as soon as ...
While winning acclaim for her concert performances with orchestras and in competitions around the world, violinist Tessa Lark is trying to broaden the kind of programming being performed. And Michael ...
Ricky Skaggs says he's cool with bluegrass popping up in all sorts of music, whether it's rock 'n' roll, new country or even punk rock. "Hey, if we can get a banjo, a fiddle and a mandolin together, ...
Touring with the Sam Grisman Project, the 83-year-old musician recalls how he, David Grisman, and Jerry Garcia helped make bluegrass cool.