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 ...

A high-end violin boasts the same price tag as a brand-new luxury vehicle. This means that when fiddler Kimber Ludiker has to fly, her instrument always comes along with as a carry-on. “If they ever ...

An event celebrating bluegrass music and talented local musicians will return to Shelton State Community College. The 2023 Fiddle Fest and Southeastern Fiddle Championship will be held Saturday on the ...

“It was a pleasure to induct Randall Franks into our Music Hall of Fame,” said LaDonna Ray, co-executive director. Franks, of Ringgold, thrilled the audience with a high-energy fiddle rendition of ...

TULSA, Okla. — The Oklahoma Museum of Pop Culture (OKPOP) announced the donation of bluegrass musician Byron Berline's fiddle, adding to the Tulsa museum's growing collection. Berline's family donated ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. - For decades a barber in Bristol was known for the bluegrass music he and his fellow musicians would play in his shop. Gene Boyd is retired now, and battling cancer. But his friends ...

With a bluegrass concert and dance series this weekend and the 19 th Midwinter Singing Festival next weekend, Ten Pound Fiddle is heating up the cold winter days. At 7:30 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 26, ...

Joanna Ridgway, managing director and head of the southwest region for Santander Bank, began playing classical violin at the age of 3. But after graduating from Rhodes College with a business ...

Fiddle Fest organizers want people to save the date: Feb. 28, 2026. That's when the 10th annual Fiddle Fest will be held, once again at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa. The ninth annual ...